Sigmund Freud

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

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

The ego is not master in its own house.

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

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.