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Sigmund Freud Quotes

Biography: Sigmund Freud is known for founding psychoanalysis. Born in 1856 in Au... more Biography: Sigmund Freud is known for founding psychoanalysis. Born in 1856 in Austria, Freud developed key theories on the unconscious mind, the significance of dreams, and the structure of personality. His influential work established concepts such as the id, ego, and superego, shaping the field of psychology. less

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

Tags: Patient care, Medical ethics, Doctor-patient relationship

"Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity."

Tags: Mental health, Psychology, Tolerance, Ambiguity, Coping mechanisms

"What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult."

Tags: Psychology, Intellectual development, Societal observation

"The goal of all life is death."

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Existentialism, Mortality, Life journey

"The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind."

Tags: Knowledge, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Unconscious mind, 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."

Tags: Social justice, Civilization, Revolt

"Friendship is an art of keeping distance while love is an art of intimacy."

Tags: Love, Friendship, Intimacy, Interpersonal relationships, Emotional connection

"I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole."

Tags: Philosophy, Human nature, Human behavior, Criticism, Observation

"No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere."

Tags: Philosophy, Knowledge, Understanding, Belief, Reality

"Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it."

Tags: Beauty, Culture, Civilization, Aesthetics, Necessity

"The madman is a dreamer awake."

Tags: Philosophy, Perception, Reality, Metaphor, Consciousness

"Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine."

Tags: Human nature, Psychology, Ethics, Morality, Self-perception

"Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires."

Tags: Philosophy, Human nature, Spirituality, Religion, Illusion

"A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist."

Tags: Motivation, Personal development, Mental health, Psychology, Neurosis

"Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have so to speak pawned a part of their narcissism."

Tags: Personal growth, Love, Relationships, Empathy, Psychology

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