We have to distinguish two classes of instincts, one of which, the sexual instincts or Eros, is by far the more conspicuous and accessible to study.... The second class of instincts was not so easy to point to; in the…

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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

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

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...

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...

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...

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...

Where id was, there ego shall be.

Where id was, there ego shall be.

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...

A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would...

A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would...

Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the...

Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the...

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of...

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of...

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

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

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...

Anatomy is destiny.

Anatomy is destiny.

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home

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...

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life...

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life...

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

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