The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.

Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.

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...

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a...

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a...

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been...

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been...

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...

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...

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it...

Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it...

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...

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

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...

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who...

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...