Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud, born on May 6, 1856, in Freiberg, Austria (now part of the Czech Republic), was a pioneering neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a groundbreaking method for understanding and treating psychological disorders. Freud’s theories on the unconscious mind, the role of repressed desires, and the significance of dreams revolutionized the study of human behavior and laid the foundation for modern psychology. His influential works, such as “The Interpretation of Dreams” and “Civilization and Its Discontents,” delve into the complexities of the human psyche, exploring themes of sexuality, repression, and the conflict between individual desires and societal norms. Despite facing significant controversy and criticism during his lifetime, Freud’s ideas sparked a new way of thinking about the mind and human behavior. His legacy endures, influencing not only the fields of psychology and psychiatry but also literature, art, and popular culture, making him one of the most significant figures in the history of mental health and human understanding.
- “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.” — Sigmund Freud
- “In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.” — Sigmund Freud
- “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Sigmund Freud
- “We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Where does a thought go when it’s forgotten?” — Sigmund Freud
- “Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The goal of all life is death.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.” — Sigmund Freud
- “We are what we are because we have been what we have been.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.” — Sigmund Freud
- “He who knows how to wait need make no concessions.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons they have on the inside.” — Sigmund Freud
- “We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exist in our subconscious.” — Sigmund Freud
- “No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human beast, and seeks to wrestle with them, can expect to come through the struggle unscathed.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The only person with whom you have to compare yourself is you in the past.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The unconscious of one human being can react upon that of another without passing through the conscious.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The ego is not master in its own house.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Where id was, there shall ego be.” — Sigmund Freud
- “A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The mind is like an iceberg; it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.” — Sigmund Freud
- “A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.” — Sigmund Freud
- “One is very crazy when in love.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Where does a thought go when it’s forgotten?” — Sigmund Freud
- “Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Where id was, there shall ego be.” — Sigmund Freud
- “From error to error one discovers the entire truth.” — Sigmund Freud
- “We are what we are because we have been what we have been, and what is needed for solving the problems of human life and motives is not moral estimates but more knowledge.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.” — Sigmund Freud
- “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.” — Sigmund Freud
- “In mourning it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia it is the ego itself.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Where id is, there shall ego be.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The goal of all life is death.” — Sigmund Freud
- “We are what we are because we have been what we have been.” — Sigmund Freud
- “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons they have on the inside.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.” — Sigmund Freud
- “We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.” — Sigmund Freud
- “A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Where does a thought go when it’s forgotten?” — Sigmund Freud
- “The unconscious of one human being can react upon that of another without passing through the conscious.” — Sigmund Freud
- “The mind is like an iceberg; it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Where id was, there shall ego be.” — Sigmund Freud
- “Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead.” — Sigmund Freud
“The ego is not master in its own house.” — Sigmund Freud
“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.” — Sigmund Freud
“The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.” — Sigmund Freud
“From error to error one discovers the entire truth.” — Sigmund Freud
“In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.” — Sigmund Freud
“We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.” — Sigmund Freud
“We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exist in our subconscious.” — Sigmund Freud
“Where id was, there shall ego be.” — Sigmund Freud
“The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.” — Sigmund Freud
“The unconscious mind governs behavior to a greater degree than people suspect.” — Sigmund Freud
“In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.” — Sigmund Freud
“The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.” — Sigmund Freud
“The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.” — Sigmund Freud
“The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” — Sigmund Freud
“No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human beast, and seeks to wrestle with them, can expect to come through the struggle unscathed.” — Sigmund Freud
“The unconscious of one human being can react upon that of another without passing through the conscious.” — Sigmund Freud
“The ego is not master in its own house.” — Sigmund Freud
“We are what we are because we have been what we have been, and what is needed for solving the problems of human life and motives is not moral estimates but more knowledge.” — Sigmund Freud
“The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons they have on the inside.” — Sigmund Freud
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Sigmund Freud
“Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair.” — Sigmund Freud
“We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.” — Sigmund Freud
“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.” — Sigmund Freud
“Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.” — Sigmund Freud
“Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious.” — Sigmund Freud
“A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.” — Sigmund Freud
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