Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes it possible for higher psychical activities, scientific, artistic or ideological, to play such an important part in civilized life. If one were to yield to…

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The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the...

The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the...

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.

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and...

The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and...

Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.

Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.

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...

Conscience is the internal perception of the reaction of a particular wish operating within us

Conscience is the internal perception of the reaction of a particular wish operating within us

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...

The history of the world which is still taught to our children is essentially a...

The history of the world which is still taught to our children is essentially a...

I have found little that is good about human beings on the whole. In my...

I have found little that is good about human beings on the whole. In my...

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now...

What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now...

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one...

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one...

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...

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a...

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a...

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...

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced...

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced...

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may...

If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the...

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what...

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what...