Biographies Quote by Irving Stone

“Sweet is the lore which nature brings; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things— We murder to dissect.”

— William Wordsworth

“As Freud once said, “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”

— Mark Manson

“While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud’s work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the…

— Andrew Solomon

Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn't get work. He, as…

— Viggo Mortensen

Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head…

— R. D. Laing

“Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our…

— William Shakespeare

“Minna Bernays was determined to make Sigmund Freud the embodiment of everything she cared for and all she hoped to be. She vowed to…

— Barry G. Gale

“Freud says that imagination is driven by primal and potentially savage desires.”

— Peter Gilboy

And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of man.

— Chaim Potok

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things: We murder to dissect.

— William Wordsworth

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a…

— Thomas Mann

“Freud was a genius; geniuses are bright but not necessarily right. What they do do, right or wrong, is to provide images that guide,…

— Peter Redgrove