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Psychoanalysis Quotes

"The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises."

"The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Psychoanalysis, May, Mind, Sun

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"Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy."

"Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

Psychoanalysis, Illness, Therapy

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"Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand."

"Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand."

Saul Bellow, American Novelist

Psychoanalysis, Unconscious

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"I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years."

"I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years."

Albert Ellis, American Psychologist

Psychoanalysis, Listening, Years

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