What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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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.

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...

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

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...

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when...

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when...

Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret...

Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret...

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 woman should soften but not weaken a man

A woman should soften but not weaken a man

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

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,...

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...

Men are strong only so long as they represent a strong idea. They become powerless...

Men are strong only so long as they represent a strong idea. They become powerless...

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

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...

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

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

If you can't do it, give up!

If you can't do it, give up!

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.