The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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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...

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

Men are strong only so long as they represent a strong idea. They become powerless...

Men are strong only so long as they represent a strong idea. They become powerless...

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them...

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them...

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...

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...

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there...

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there...

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when...

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when...

The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is...

The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is...

If you can't do it, give up!

If you can't do it, give up!

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

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...

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...

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...

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...

And now look at the great war still devastating Europe: think of the colossal brutality,...

And now look at the great war still devastating Europe: think of the colossal brutality,...

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...

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of...

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of...

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...