Sigmund Freud Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Sigmund Freud quotes, Sigmund Freud sayings, and Sigmund Freud proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

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
No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern man has evolved; the more civilization, the more repression, the more need there is for wit. Sigmund Freud
The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions. Sigmund Freud
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. Sigmund Freud
Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine. Sigmund Freud
The primitive stages can always be re-established; the primitive mind is, in the fullest meaning of the word, imperishable. Sigmund Freud
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life. Sigmund Freud
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind. Sigmund Freud
All that matters is love and work. Sigmund Freud
Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock. Sigmund Freud
Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy. Sigmund Freud
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life. Sigmund Freud
Psychiatry is the art of teaching people how to stand on their own feet while reclining on couches. Sigmund Freud
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind. Sigmund Freud
Dreams are the royal road to the unconcious. Sigmund Freud
The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Sigmund Freud
Our fascination with gold is related to the fantasies of early childhood. Sigmund Freud
It is not easy to treat feelings scientifically. Sigmund Freud
No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human breast, and seeks to wrestle with them, can expect to come through the struggle unscathed. Sigmund Freud
One can love one another properly only when one is close. What is memory compared to what one can behold! Sigmund Freud
The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises. 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
Only a good-for-nothing is not interested in his past. Sigmund Freud
Intolerance of groups is often, strangely enough, exhibited more strongly against small differences than against fundamental ones. Sigmund Freud
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. Sigmund Freud
The first requisite of civilization is that of justice. Sigmund Freud
The psychic development of the individual is a short repetition of the course of development of the race. Sigmund Freud
We may say that hysteria is a caricature of an artistic creation, a compulsion neurosis a caricature of a religion, and a paranoiac delusion a caricature of a philosophic system. Sigmund Freud
I do not doubt that it would be easier for fate to take away your suffering than it would for me. But you will see for yourself that much has been gained if we succeed in turning your hysterical misery into common unhappiness. Sigmund Freud
I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new. Sigmund Freud