Stories, Articles and Quotes by Sigmund Freud

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

"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."

"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."

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

"Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief."

"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."

"The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious."

"We are never so defenceless against suffering as when we love."

"What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books."