Austrian - Psychologist | May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939
Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake.
Sigmund Freud
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The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture.
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Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.
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It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.
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Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.
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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.
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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.
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The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.
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The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'
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If you can't do it, give up!
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What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
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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.
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