Freud Quotes

I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.

Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of line. Instead, it was the superego - that idealized concept of what a good person is supposed to be and do - given to us by our parents, that condemned us for what had been hitherto regarded as ungodly behavior.

My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud, is largely right.

I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience.

Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.