Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve

Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.

Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, read more

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie read more

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.

After ten years in therapy, my psychologist told me something very touching, he said, no hablo ingles.

After ten years in therapy, my psychologist told me something very touching, he said, no hablo ingles.

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have read more

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.