Sigmund Freud

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Sigmund Freud

The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.

Sigmund Freud

The day thought, which was no wish in itself but rather a worry, had in some way to find a connection with the infantile now unconscious and suppressed wish, which then allowed it, though already properly prepared, to ‘originate’ for consciousness.

Sigmund Freud

The dream is the liberation of the spirit from the pressure of external nature, a detachment of the soul from the fetters of matter.

Sigmund Freud

The ego is not master in its own house.

Sigmund Freud

The essence of analysis is surprise. When people are themselves surprised by what they say, that’s when they are really making some progress.

Sigmund Freud

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

Sigmund Freud

The goal of all life is death.

Sigmund Freud

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?’

Sigmund Freud

The idea of life having a purpose stands and falls with the religious system.

Sigmund Freud