Sigmund Freud Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.”

“Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.”

“America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.”

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

“If youth knew; if age could.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.”

“If you can't do it, give up!”