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Sigmund Freud Quotes

«The very emphasis of the commandment: Thou shalt not kill, makes it certain that we are descended from an endlessly long chain of generations of murderers, whose love of murder was in their blood as it is perhaps also in ours»
«Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.»
«The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.»
«The tendency of aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture.»
«Human life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against all separate individuals. The power of this community is then set up as ''right'' in opposition to the power of the individual, which is condemned as ''brute force.''»
«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.»
«Men are strong only so long as they represent a strong idea. They become powerless when they oppose it.»
Author: Sigmund Freud (Founder) | About: Men, Power | Keywords: oppose, powerless, represent, so long
«A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.»
«The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life.»
«Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.»

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