What is a totem? It is as a rule an animal (whether edible and harmless or dangerous and feared) and more rarely a plant or a natural phenomenon (such as rain or water), which stands in a peculiar relation to the whole clan. In the first place, the totem is the common ancestor of the clan; at the same time it is their guardian spirit and helper, which sends them oracles and, if dangerous to others, recognizes and spares its own children.
Sigmund FreudI became aware of my destiny: to belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority.
Sigmund FreudWhat progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books.
Sigmund Freud