“I do not in general have the impression that sexual abstinence helps produce energetic, independent men of action or original thinkers, bold liberators and reformers. Far more often it produces well-behaved weaklings who later merge into the great mass of those who habitually, if reluctantly, follow the lead given by strong individuals.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
“We never lose what we really want”
― The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
― The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
“Your unhappiness cannot be blamed on your past or your environment. And it isn’t that you lack competence. You just lack courage. One might say you are lacking in the courage to be happy.”
― The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
― The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
“It is an honour to have plenty of enemies!”
― The Freud/Jung Letters
― The Freud/Jung Letters
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
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