More from Sigmund Freud

  1. A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of conqueror, that confidence of success that often i…
  2. In some place in my soul, in a very hidden corner, I am a fanatical Jew. I am very much astonished to discover myself as such in spite of a…
  3. America is a mistake, admittedly a gigantic mistake, but a mistake nevertheless.
  4. Analogies prove nothing, that is quite true, but they can make one feel more at home.
  5. Admittedly an unusual state, but not one that can be stigmatized as pathological.
  6. One might compare the relation of the ego to the id with that between a rider and his horse. The horse provides the locomotor energy, and t…
  7. Man found that he was faced with the acceptance of 'spiritual' forces, that is to say such forces as cannot be comprehended by the senses, …
  8. The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to reconcile the claims and dema…

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