Quote by Sigmund Freud
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intellige

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

Other quotes by Sigmund Freud

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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Success
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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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A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror. – Sigmund Freud

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Life
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Other Quotes from
Inner Child
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In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Inner Child

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. – Heraclitus

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Inner Child

In my soul, I am still that small child who did not care about anything else but the beautiful colors of a rainbow. – Papiha Ghosh

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Inner Child

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay. – Brian Aldiss

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Inner Child

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Ive given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself. – Oscar Levant

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I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values – the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for ones children. – Ednita Nazario

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Family

I dont think I am evangelical in my work. – J. K. Rowling

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work

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. – Baruch Spinoza

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