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

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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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...

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...

The goal of all life is death.

The goal of all life is death.

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of...

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of...

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

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

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...

It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too

It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too

Psychoanalysis is for hysterical pathological cases, not for silly rich American women who should be...

Psychoanalysis is for hysterical pathological cases, not for silly rich American women who should be...

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

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

How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.

How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.

Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis

Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis

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...

And now look at the great war still devastating Europe: think of the colossal brutality,...

And now look at the great war still devastating Europe: think of the colossal brutality,...

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

The goal of all life is death.

The goal of all life is death.

Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.

Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.

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...

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...

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief .

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief .

The ego is not master in its own house.

The ego is not master in its own house.