| |  | | | | | Quotations by author » Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist and Founder of psychoanalysis. (father of prominent children's psychoanalyst Anna Freud), 1856-1939 | | Quotes: 121 - 128 of 128 | Pages: First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | | | | | | We must reckon with the possibility that something in the nature of the sexual instinct itself is unfavorable to the realization of complete satisfaction. | | Uncategorized | | | What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. | | Adulthood; Children | | | What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books. | | Progress | | | 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. | | Happiness | | | 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 as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature | | Choice; Life; Nature; Needs | | | | | Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism. | | Uncategorized | | | Woe to you, my Princess, when I come... you shall see who is the stronger, a gentle little girl who doesn't eat enough or a big wild man who has cocaine in his body. | | Uncategorized | | | | | | | |
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