Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another. Sigmund Freud More Quotes by Sigmund Freud More Quotes From Sigmund Freud Thus we arrive at the singular conclusion that of all the information passed by our cultural assets it is precisely the elements which might be of the greatest importance to us and which have the task of solving the riddles of the universe and of reconciling us to the sufferings of life -- it is precisely those elements that are the least well authenticated of any. Sigmund Freud elements tasks suffering Tobacco is the only excuse for Columbus's misadventure in discovering America. Sigmund Freud home america travel But the less a man knows about the past and the present the more insecure must prove to be his judgment of the future. Sigmund Freud insecure men past You wanted to kill your father in order to be your father yourself. Now you are your father, but a dead father. Sigmund Freud dead-father order father What is common in all these dreams is obvious. They completely satisfy wishes excited during the day which remain unrealized. They are simply and undisguisedly realizations of wishes. Sigmund Freud realization wish dream The moment a man questions the meaning and value of life, he is sick, since objectively neither has any existence; by asking this question one is merely admitting to a store of unsatisfied libido to which something else must have happened, a kind of fermentation leading to sadness and depression. Sigmund Freud sadness sick men There are no mistakes. Sigmund Freud mistake The pleasure principle long persists, however, as the method of working employed by the sexual instincts, which are so hard to 'educate', and, starting from those instincts, or in the ego itself, it often succeeds in overcoming the reality principle, to the detriment of the organism as a whole. Sigmund Freud ego long reality One must not be mean with the affections; what is spent of the fund is renewed in the spending itself. Sigmund Freud spending affection mean As everyone knows, the ancients before Aristotle did not consider the dream a product of the dreaming mind, but a divine inspiration, and in ancient times the two antagonistic streams, which one finds throughout in the estimates of dream life, were already noticeable. They distinguished between true and valuable dreams, sent to the dreamer to warn him or to foretell the future, and vain, fraudulent, and empty dreams, the object of which was to misguide or lead him to destruction. Sigmund Freud inspiration dream two When we share - that is poetry in the prose of life. Sigmund Freud prose caring share The study of dreams may be considered the most trustworthy method of investigating deep mental processes. Now dreams occurring in traumatic neuroses have the characteristic of repeatedly bringing the patient back into the situation of his accident, a situation from which he wakes up in another fright. Sigmund Freud wake-up dream may It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world. Sigmund Freud ego influence world Like the physical, the psychical is not necessarily in reality what it appears to us to be. Sigmund Freud physical-attraction reality When we attempt to imagine death, we perceive ourselves as spectators. Sigmund Freud imagine science religion A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual. Sigmund Freud violence war peace In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that mankind will surmount this neurotic phase, just as so many children grow out of their similar neurosis. Sigmund Freud optimistic children ideas The game replaces sexual enjoyment by pleasure in movement. Sigmund Freud pleasure movement games If you can't do it, give up! Sigmund Freud giving-up ifs giving All that matters is love and work. Sigmund Freud sweet-love matter sweet