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Quote by Sigmund Freud
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and a

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. – Sigmund Freud

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Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patients ego freedom to decide one way or another. – Sigmund Freud

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Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it. – Sigmund Freud

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The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it. – Francis Bacon

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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesnt go away. – Philip K. Dick

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What is reality but the dreamworld of a limited imagination. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The reality of life is that your perceptions — right or wrong — influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place. – Roger Birkman

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