The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.

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It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without...

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without...

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well...

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well...

A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own.

A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own.

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious...

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious...

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other...

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other...

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Speech is civilization itself.

Speech is civilization itself.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness,...

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness,...

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out...

Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out...

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs,...

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs,...

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...

The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing...

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...