Sigmund Freud

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

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

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

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

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

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

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

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

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

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

The ego is not master in its own house.