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| ...the first man to use abusive language instead of his fists was the founder of civilization. |
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| A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual. |
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| A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist. |
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| A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity |
| Fear; Maturity |
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| A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes to escape the family and especially the father |
| Family; Fulfilment; Travel |
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| 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 world. |
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| A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror. |
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| America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success. |
| America and Americans |
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| Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home |
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| Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another. |
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| And in the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone acts as a civilizing factor in the sense that it brings a change from egoism to altruism. |
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| 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 over the civilized world. Do you really believe that a handful of unprincipled place—hunters and corrupters of men would have succeeded in letting loose all this latent evil, if the millions of their followers were not also guilty? |
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| Anxiety in children is originally nothing other than an expression of the fact they are feeling the loss of the person they love |
| Anxiety; Children |
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| At the bottom God is nothing more than an exalted father |
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| Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise |
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| By abolishing private property one takes away the human love of aggression. |
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| Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them. |
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| Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock. |
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