One must not be mean with the affections; what is spent of the fund is renewed in the spending itself.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

Topics: Affection Quotes

Much of our highly valued cultural heritage has been acquired at the cost of sexuality

Much of our highly valued cultural heritage has been acquired at the cost of sexuality

The goal of all life is death.

The goal of all life is death.

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of...

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of...

The ego is not master in its own house.

The ego is not master in its own house.

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on...

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on...

Those who love fairy-tales do not like it when people speak of the innate tendencies...

Those who love fairy-tales do not like it when people speak of the innate tendencies...

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture:...

Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture:...

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose,...

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose,...

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider...

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider...

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to...

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to...

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls...

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls...

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the...

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.

Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.