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

Quote by Sigmund Freud

Topics: Sigmund Freud Quotes

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

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

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

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...

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one...

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one...

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

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...

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...

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...

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

Anatomy is destiny.

Anatomy is destiny.

The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the...

The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the...

Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes...

Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes...

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...

Being extremely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Being extremely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

I have yet not been able to answer the great question that has never been...

I have yet not been able to answer the great question that has never been...

We have to distinguish two classes of instincts, one of which, the sexual instincts or...

We have to distinguish two classes of instincts, one of which, the sexual instincts or...

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

The only secret knowledge we have is know-how and you can't break up know-how by...

The only secret knowledge we have is know-how and you can't break up know-how by...

When you're comfortable with someone you love, the silence is the best. And, that's how...

When you're comfortable with someone you love, the silence is the best. And, that's how...