The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety. – Sigmund Freud
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success. – Sigmund Freud
No one who has seen a baby sinking back satiated from the breast and falling asleep with flushed cheeks and a blissful smile can escape the reflection that this picture persists as a prototype of the expression of sexual satisfaction in later life. – Sigmund Freud
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. – Sigmund Freud