11 Wise Quotes from Sigmund Freud to Enlighten you
Sigmund Freud born on 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939 was an Austrian neurologist, now known as the father of psychoanalysis. He explored the human mind more vastly than any other before him.
His contributions to psychology are extensive. Freud was one of the most influential people of the twentieth century and his enduring legacy has influenced not only psychology, but art, literature and even the way people bring up their children.
Psychoanalysis is often known as the talking cure. Typically Freud would encourage his patients to talk freely regarding their symptoms and to describe exactly what was on their mind.
The father of psychoanalysis viewed life in such a unique way no other man saw, here are 11 of his famous quotes.
"Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility."
"I have found little that is ‘good’ about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think."
"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may be optimistic about the future of mankind."
"We are never so defenceless against suffering as when we love."
"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."
"The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water."
"Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief."
"He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore."
"The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious."
"What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books."
"The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind."
