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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

"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."

Tags: Mental health, Psychology, Human behavior, Ego, Personality traits

"It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world."

Tags: Psychology, Ego, Psychoanalysis, Freudian theory, Id

"One might compare the relation of the ego to the id with that between a rider and his horse."

Tags: Mental health, Psychology, Human behavior, Psychoanalysis, Sigmund freud

"In mourning, it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia, it is the ego itself."

Tags: Psychology, Self-reflection, Human condition, Loss, Emotional health

"Where id was, there ego shall be."

Tags: Personal growth, Mental health, Psychology, Consciousness, Ego

"The pleasure of satisfying a savage instinct, undomesticated by the ego, is uncomparably much more intense than the one of satisfying a tamed instinct."

Tags: Psychology, Human behavior, Ego, Satisfaction, Pleasure

"The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer."

Tags: Psychology, Reality, Self-perception, Suffering, Ego

"Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all men's actions."

Tags: Motivation, Communication, Human behavior, Emotional influence

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young."

Tags: Mental health, Psychology, Resistance to change, Defense mechanisms, Emotional defense

"In the depths of my heart, I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless."

Tags: Human nature, Self-reflection, Emotional depth, Personal beliefs, Human worth

"Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks."

Tags: Mental health, Psychology, Life challenges, Life struggles, Overcoming hardships

"Religion is a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality."

Tags: Philosophy, Spirituality, Reality, Religion, Critical thinking

"Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me."

Tags: Inspiration, Creativity, Self-discovery, Literature, Imagination

"He does not believe that does not live according to his belief."

Tags: Philosophy, Authenticity, Integrity, Honesty, Beliefs

"Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world, which we have developed inside us as a result of biological and psychological necessities."

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

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