The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is What does a woman want?

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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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,...

The ego is not master in its own house.

The ego is not master in its own house.

The goal of all life is death.

The goal of all life is death.

Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis

Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis

If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant...

If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant...

A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes...

A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes...

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...

A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with...

A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with...

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...

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...

It seems to be my fate to discover only the obvious: that children have sexual...

It seems to be my fate to discover only the obvious: that children have sexual...

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...

The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them...

The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them...

We must not allow ourselves to be deflected by the feminists who are anxious to...

We must not allow ourselves to be deflected by the feminists who are anxious to...

Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture:...

Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture:...

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...

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

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...

Incidentally, why was it that none of all the pious ever discovered psycho-analysis? Why did...

Incidentally, why was it that none of all the pious ever discovered psycho-analysis? Why did...

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

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