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

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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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...

Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.

Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.

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...

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...

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it...

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it...

If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground...

If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground...

Like the physical, the psychical is not necessarily in reality what it appears to us...

Like the physical, the psychical is not necessarily in reality what it appears to us...

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom...

A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom...

There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that...

There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that...