We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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Much of our highly valued cultural heritage has been acquired at the cost of sexuality

Much of our highly valued cultural heritage has been acquired at the cost of sexuality

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in...

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in...

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...

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on...

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on...

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation...

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation...

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:...

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...

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

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

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...

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,...

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

If you can't do it, give up!

If you can't do it, give up!

Being extremely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Being extremely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there...

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there...

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

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...

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.

A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the...

A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the...