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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We hate the criminal and deal severely with him, because we view in his deeds...

We hate the criminal and deal severely with him, because we view in his deeds...

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are...

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are...

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,...

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...

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy...

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy...

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...

The goal of all life is death.

The goal of all life is death.

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...

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...

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the...

The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the...

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

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...

Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what...

Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what...

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...

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...

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...

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

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong to gain the...

I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong to gain the...