The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.
Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.
Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one’s dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.
The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.
A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist.
A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.
The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us – of becoming happy – is not attainable: yet we may not – nay, cannot – give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.
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