Quote of Sigmund Freud - What a distressing contrast there is...
Biography - Sigmund Freud:
Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis.
Born: 1856 - Died: 1939
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Czech Republic
Born: 1856 - Died: 1939
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Czech Republic
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
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Quotes about intelligence:
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Quotes about weakness:
The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not, than in those who know it.
What is tolerance? It is the endowment of humanity. We are all steeped in weakness and error; let us forgive each other our stupidities, that is the first law of nature.
Quotes for: child
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
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