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" Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them. "

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" We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality. "

" It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. "

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" Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being. "

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