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Needs Quotes by Sigmund Freud
- When a man has once brought himself to accept uncritically all the absurdities that religious doctrines put before him and even to overlook the contradictions…
- The great majority of people have a strong need for authority which they can admire, to which they can submit, and which dominates and sometimes…
- We know less about the sexual life of little girls than of boys. But we need not feel ashamed of this distinction; after all, the…
- It would be one of the greatest triumphs of humanity, one of the most tangible liberations from the constraints of nature to which mankind is…
- Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture: from the necessity for defending itself against the crushing supremacy…
- An unrestricted satisfaction of every need presents itself as the most enticing method of conducting one's life, but it means putting enjoyment before caution, and…
- A lady once expressed herself in society - the very words show that they were uttered with fervour and under the pressure of a great…
- No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern…
- In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed by the deep inner needs of our nature.
- Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.
- 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.
- I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
- 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…
- Even if all parts of a problem seem to fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, one has to remember that the probable…
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