Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.Sigmund Freud
The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety.Sigmund Freud
The great question which I have not been able to answer, despite my 30 years of research into the feminine soul, is "what does a woman want"?Sigmund Freud
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.Sigmund Freud
The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.Sigmund Freud
Toward the person who has died we adopt a special attitude: something like admiration for someone who has accomplished a very difficult task.Sigmund Freud
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.Sigmund Freud
What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.Sigmund Freud
When a man is freed of religion, he has a better chance to live a normal and wholesome life.Sigmund Freud
Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.Sigmund Freud
