Sigmund Freud

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?' ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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Time spent with cats is never wasted. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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