Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture: from the necessity for defending itself against the crushing supremacy of nature

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.

Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

Anxiety in children is originally nothing other than an expression of the fact they are...

Anxiety in children is originally nothing other than an expression of the fact they are...

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

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...

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until...

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until...

He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no...

He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no...

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation...

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation...

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes...

A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes...

Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's...

Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's...

A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would...

A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would...

If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground...

If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground...

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been...

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been...

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.

Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret...

Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret...

Anatomy is destiny.

Anatomy is destiny.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too...

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too...

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But...

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But...