[The child receives impressions like] a photographic exposure that can be developed after any interval of time and transformed into a picture.
Sigmund FreudI cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
Sigmund FreudWords and magic were in the beginning one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power.
Sigmund FreudHumanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments. Against prejudice one can do nothing.
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