The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

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...

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

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...

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...

And in the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone...

And in the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone...

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...

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...

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...

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls...

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls...

I have yet not been able to answer the great question that has never been...

I have yet not been able to answer the great question that has never been...

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...

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...

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

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...

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

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...

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and...

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and...

Art never comes from happiness.

Art never comes from happiness.