Author of quotes: Sigmund Freud

The mild anesthesia into which art immerses us provides no more than a fleeting distraction from the hardships of life. It is not strong enough to make us forget about real troubles.

Please remember your promise to do everything so as not to leave me alone. I consider this promise a powerful weapon that you have allowed me to keep.

It is difficult to judge in matters concerning oneself, and such judgments will not convince anyone.

Why do we need a long life if it is so hard, so poor in joys and full of suffering that we are ready to welcome death as a liberator?

Old age is not an empty delusion. The angry old man should be shot without any regret.

It is in interesting work that I find salvation from my strong touchiness and irritability.

We are never more defenseless in the face of suffering than when we love; we are never so hopelessly unhappy as when we lose a beloved being or his love.

Psychoanalysis only confirms Plato's old saying that the good are those who are content with dreams of what the evil do in reality.

Maybe the best books are the ones that don't get any attention at all?

To a large extent, you have a desire to master souls, which you manifest in language - while reading, I was relentlessly pursued by the image of a brave rider on a noble horse.

Immorality at all times found in religion no less support than morality.

I am able to endure many worries, endure all difficulties, if I am not alone.

Every time we are ridiculed, I become even more convinced that we have a great idea in our hands.

Sincerity on earth has not yet fully emerged.