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Biography - Sigmund Freud:

Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis.
Born: 1856 - Died: 1939
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Czech Republic

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Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
Sigmund Freud

Quotes about freedom:

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
Soren Kierkegaard

Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.”
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."”
Hans Christian Andersen

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.”
Nelson Mandela

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust: A Tragedy

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.”
Hannah Arendt

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Quotes for: responsibility:

Responsible one is not only for what you do but also for what it does not.”
Laozi

responsibility

when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.”
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism

We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

The price of greatness is responsibility.”
Winston Churchill

Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.”
Albert Einstein

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.”
Jean-Paul Sartre

responsibility

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Sigmund Freud also said...

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.”
Sigmund Freud

Important matters may manifest themselves through small signs.”
Sigmund Freud - Introduction to Psychoanalysis

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”
Sigmund Freud

oneself

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.”
Sigmund Freud - The Interpretation of Dreams

Whatever makes for cultural development is working also against war.”
Sigmund Freud

The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious; what I discovered was the scientific method by which the unconscious can be studied:”
Sigmund Freud

philosopher

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