The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety. – Sigmund Freud
A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist. – Sigmund Freud
The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious. – Sigmund Freud
The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life. – Sigmund Freud