The fateful question for the human species seems to me to be whether and to what extent their cultural development will succeed in mastering the disturbance of their communal life by the human instinct of aggression and self-destruction ... One thing only do I know for certain and that is that man's judgements of value follow directly from his wihes for happiness-that, accordingly, they are an attempt to support his illusions with arguments.
Sigmund FreudNeurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the relation between the ego and the external world.
Sigmund FreudHumor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it.
Sigmund FreudIllusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead.
Sigmund Freud