What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Sigmund FreudWe are so constituted that we can gain intense pleasure only from the contrast, and only very little from the condition itself.
Sigmund FreudHuman life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against all separate individuals. The power of this community is then set up as right in opposition to the power of the individual, which is condemned as brute force.
Sigmund Freud