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"The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him."
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"All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing."

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"A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist."

"The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind."

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

"It would be very nice if there were a God who created the world and was a benevolent providence, and if there were a moral order in the universe and an after-life; but it is a very striking fact that all this is exactly as we are bound to wish it to be."

"Toward the person who has died we adopt a special attitude: something like admiration for someone who has accomplished a very difficult task."

"At this point it may be objected: well, then, if even the crabbed sceptics admit that the statements of religion cannot be confuted by reason, why should not I believe in them, since they have so much on their side: tradition, the concurrence of mankind, and all the consolation they yield? Yes, why not? Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief. But do not deceive yourself into thinking that with such arguments you are following the path of correct reasoning. If ever there was a case of facile argument, this is one. Ignorance is ignorance; no right to believe anything is derived from it."

"The story is told of a famous German chemist that his marriage did not take place, because he forgot the hour of his wedding and went to the laboratory instead of to the church. He was wise enough to be satisfied with a single attempt and died at a great age unmarried."
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