Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification.
SIGMUND FREUDPublic self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self.
More Sigmund Freud Quotes
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The dream is the liberation of the spirit from the pressure of external nature, a detachment of the soul from the fetters of matter.
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Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.
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A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.
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No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.
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Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people’s behavior, it would all make sense.
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Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.
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None believes in his own death. In the unconscious everyone is convinced of his own immortality.
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The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.
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Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.
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I have found little ‘good’ about human beings. In my experience, most of them are trash.
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Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.
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Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.
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The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.
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The goal of all life is death.
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Time spent with cats is never wasted.
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