All Sigmund Freud Quotes
- Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity. Enmity
- Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our… Admonish
- Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content… Alien
- The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him. Doctor
- Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend… Complain
- The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot -… Attainable
- 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… Actuality
- Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent; but those… All
- This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever. One
- The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer. It insists that it cannot be affected… Affected
- It sounds not only disagreeable but also paradoxical, yet it must nevertheless be said that anyone who is to be really free and happy in… Anyone
- One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. Addiction
- A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. Emotional
- The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief. Accessible
- It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement -- that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves… Admire
- When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it. Doe
- We may insist as often as we like that man's intellect is powerless in comparison to his instinctual life, and we may be right in… Comparison
- The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation. Creation
- Properly speaking, the unconscious is the real psychic; its inner nature is just as unknown to us as the reality of the external world, and… Consciousness
- The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life. Actual
- Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength. Growth
- Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate. Bite
- The paranoid is never entirely mistaken. Entirely
- When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such… Advantageous
- One thing only do I know for certain and that is that man's judgments of value follow directly his wishes for happiness-that, accordingly, they are… Accordingly