Psychoanalysts and philosophers have been inspired by Freud’s ideas for over a century. His work is also admired by ordinary people striving for perfection. To mark Sigmund Freud’s birthday on 6 May, Radio Maximum has prepared a selection of his best quotes.
Selection of Sigmund Freud’s quotes
1. “The only person with whom you should compare yourself is you in the past. And the only person you should be better than is who you are now.”
2. “Before you diagnose yourself with depression and low self-esteem, make sure you are not surrounded by idiots.”
3. “The scale of personality is determined by the scale of the problem that can drive a person crazy.”
4. “The only perversion is the absence of sex. Everything else is a matter of choice.”
5. “everything you do in bed is perfect and perfectly acceptable as long as both parties enjoy it.”
6. “a man never gives up anything, he just replaces one pleasure with another.”
7. “The first man to throw a swear word instead of a stone was the creator of civilisation”.
8. “The more blameless a man is on the outside, the more demons he has inside.”
9. “Perfect, everlasting love, purified of all hatred, exists only between an addict and his drug.”
10. “you don’t stop looking for strength and confidence externally, but you have to look within yourself. They are there and have always been there.”
11. “we live in an utterly strange time when we are surprised to notice that progress is keeping pace with barbarism.”
12. “If a man begins to wonder about the meaning of life or its value, it means that he is sick.”
13. “When I am criticised, I know how to defend myself. But before praise I am powerless.”
14. “People in general are insincere in sexual matters. They do not openly display their sexuality, but hide it by wearing a thick coat sewn from a matter called” Lies ” as if the weather were bad in the world of sexual relationships.”
15. The first sign of stupidity is a total lack of shame “.
16.” when one of my household complains that he bit his tongue, pinched his finger, etc., Instead of showing the expected sympathy, I ask: Why did you do that? “.
17.” People are more moral than they think and much more immoral than they think “.
18.” most of the real within us is not apprehended; and what is apprehended is not real “.
19.” Every normal person is essentially normal only in part “.
20.” the masses have never known a thirst for truth. They demand illusions without which they cannot live “.
