Quote by Sigmund Freud
What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (pref

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. – Sigmund Freud

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If a man has been his mothers undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it. – Sigmund Freud

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Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young. – Sigmund Freud

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Mental Illness
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My parents were not very happy. They were very worried about me pursuing a career that even if I had talent might not give me the happiness and the success that they – any parent hopes for their child. – Emmylou Harris

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Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. – Thomas Szasz

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If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give. – Bertrand Russell

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We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. – Pierre Corneille

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Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution. – Al Capp

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While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. – Eugene Debs

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It is the superfluous things for which men sweat. – Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

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Advertising is the principal reason why the business person has come to inherit the earth. – James R. Adams

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