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

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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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...

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of...

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of...

A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the...

A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the...

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

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.

One is very crazy when in love.

One is very crazy when in love.

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling...

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling...

Psychoanalysis is for hysterical pathological cases, not for silly rich American women who should be...

Psychoanalysis is for hysterical pathological cases, not for silly rich American women who should be...

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

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

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...

Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the...

Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the...

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...

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...

How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.

How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.

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

Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.

Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.

A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity

A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity

Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.

Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

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...