The primitive stages can always be re-established; the primitive mind is, in the fullest meaning of the word, imperishable.
Sigmund FreudJust as a satisfaction of instinct spells happiness for us, so severe suffering is caused us if the external world lets us starve, if it refuses to sate our needs. One may therefore hope to be freed from a part of one's sufferings by influencing the instinctual impulses.
Sigmund FreudIllusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead.
Sigmund FreudI have an infamously low capacity for visualizing relationships, which made the study of geometry and all subjects derived from it impossible for me.
Sigmund Freud