It is unavoidable that if we learn more about a great man's life, we shall also hear of occasions on which he has done no better than we, and has in fact come nearer to us as a human being. Sigmund Freud More Quotes by Sigmund Freud More Quotes From Sigmund Freud I had the greatest respect for the authorities of my day--until I studied things for myself, and came to my own conclusions. Sigmund Freud conclusion my-own authority Were we fully to understand the reasons for other people's behavior, it would all make sense. Sigmund Freud reason advice people Humanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments. Against prejudice one can do nothing. Sigmund Freud atheism humanity religion The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life. Sigmund Freud behavior matter sex Indeed, the great Leonardo (da Vinci) remained like a child for the whole of his life in more than one way. It is said that all great men are bound to retain some infantile part. Even as an adult he continued to play, and this was another reason why he often appeared uncanny and incomprehensible to his contemporaries. Sigmund Freud play men children The sexual life of adult women is a "dark continent" for psychology. Sigmund Freud psychology women dark It is not attention that the child is seeking, but love. Sigmund Freud seeking attention children One thing only do I know for certain and that is that man's judgments of value follow directly his wishes for happiness-that, accordingly, they are an attempt to support his illusions with arguments. [p.111] Sigmund Freud support wish men Two hallmarks of a healthy life are the abilities to love and to work. Each requires imagination. Sigmund Freud health imagination two The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously. Sigmund Freud creative play children None believes in his own death. In the unconscious everyone is convinced of his own immortality. Sigmund Freud immortality wisdom believe Instinct of love toward an object demands a mastery to obtain it, and if a person feels they can't control the object or feel threatened by it, they act negatively toward it. Sigmund Freud mastery instinct demand Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sigmund Freud wisdom smoking justice Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent. Sigmund Freud mad crazy average We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love. Sigmund Freud secret-love love friendship The fateful question for the human species seems to me to be whether and to what extent their cultural development will succeed in mastering the disturbance of their communal life by the human instinct of aggression and self-destruction ... One thing only do I know for certain and that is that man's judgements of value follow directly from his wihes for happiness-that, accordingly, they are an attempt to support his illusions with arguments. Sigmund Freud support self men Perhaps the gods are kind to us, by making life more disagreeable as we grow older. In the end death seems less intolerable than the manifold burdens we carry Sigmund Freud burden kind ends I am actually not at all a man of science, not an observer, not an experimenter, not a thinker. I am by temperament nothing but a conquistador Sigmund Freud conquistadors adventure men A strong egoism is a protection. Sigmund Freud egoism protection strong The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious; what I discovered was the scientific method by which the unconscious can be studied. Sigmund Freud scientific-method philosopher poet
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