“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.”
— Sigmund Freud
Author: Sigmund Freud
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Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing
“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 happiness from one quarter alone.”
— Sigmund Freud
Author: Sigmund Freud
Category: wisdom
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What we call happiness in the strictest
“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.”
— Sigmund Freud
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One is very crazy when in love.
“One is very crazy when in love.”
— Sigmund Freud
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America is the most grandiose experiment the
“America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.”
— Sigmund Freud
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Time spent with cats is never wasted.
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
— Sigmund Freud
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Category: pet
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A man who has been the indisputable
“A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.”
— Sigmund Freud
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Category: life
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We are never so defensless against suffering
“We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.”
— Sigmund Freud
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The act of birth is the first
“The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety.”
— Sigmund Freud
Author: Sigmund Freud
Category: experience
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Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration
“Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.”
— Sigmund Freud
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The interpretation of dreams is the royal
“The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.”
— Sigmund Freud
Author: Sigmund Freud
Category: knowledge
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