« All World Quotes · Sigmund Freud's Page
World Quotes by Sigmund Freud
- The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to…
- Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the…
- Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world which we have developed…
- Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation, keeping oneself aloof from other people. The happiness…
- Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world which we have developed…
- In this way the ego detaches itself from the external world. It is more correct to say: Originally the ego includes everything, later it detaches…
- The Irish are the one race for which psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever... because they already live in a dream world.
- A transference neurosis corresponds to a conflict between ego and id, a narcissistic neurosis corresponds to that between between ego and super-ego, and a psychosis…
- America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
- A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the…
- 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…
- 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…
- It would be very nice if there were a God who created the world and was a benevolent providence, and if there were a moral…
- The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.
- In mourning it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia it is the ego itself.
- Our possibilities of happiness are already restricted by our constitution. Unhappiness is much less difficult to experience. We are threatened with suffering from three directions:…
- The history of the world which is still taught to our children is essentially a series of race murders
- And now look at the great war still devastating Europe: think of the colossal brutality, cruelty, and mendacity which is now allowed to spread itself…
More World Quotes
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach