Life’s Mysteries

Life holds few mysteries greater than those concerning the wellsprings of creativity.  Thinkers down through the ages have developed many theories about what keeps the springs flowing and what causes them to dry up.  Freud proposed one of the most enduring when he suggested that the sublimation of sexual energy fosters the artistic temperament and the creative impulse.  But he denied that he, or psychoanalysis, could provide much else by way of explanation.  “Before the problem of the creative artist,” Freud remarked in a study of Dostoyevsky, “analysis must, alas, lay down its arms.”
—    William J. Broad
From his book:  “The Science of Yoga“
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And Yet, I Believe

Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider them as true or to believe in them.
—     Sigmund Freud
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I Hope So

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
—    Sigmund Freud
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Live It

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.
—    Sigmund Freud
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In The Beginning

Words and magic were in the beginning one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power.
―    Sigmund Freud
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20/20

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
—    Sigmund Freud
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Even If It Kills Us Slowly

Human beings are funny.  They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly.  Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear.  Fear that their feelings may not be recognized, or even worst, returned.  But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.
—    Sigmund Freud
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  http://antryump.com/
The specific post is found at:  http://antryump.com/2014/08/31/sigmund-freud-quotes/
—    KMAB]
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True Value In Life

It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement  —  that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.
—     Sigmund Freud
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:   http://antryump.com/
The specific post is at:   http://antryump.com/2014/08/31/sigmund-freud-quotes/
Whether or not a link to another site remains viable, my obligation to include my sources remains.    —    KMAB]
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Notes On My Nightstand

Where does a thought go when it’s forgotten?
—    Sigmund Freud
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:   http://antryump.com/
The specific post is at:   http://antryump.com/2014/08/31/sigmund-freud-quotes/
Well worth a visit…   I suppose unlike a dream deferred, at least it (the thought) does not fester and run – or explode.   …Or maybe it does.     —    kmab]
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Magical Power

Words have a magical power.  They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair;  they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student;  words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions.  Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all men’s actions.
—    Sigmund Freud
[Found on one of the blogs I follow:  http://antryump.com/
The specific post is:  http://antryump.com/2014/08/31/sigmund-freud-quotes/
Please visit the original site for lots of interesting posts.    —    kmab]
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Others’ Footsteps

Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me.
—    Sigmund Freud
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  http://antryump.com/
The specific post is at:  http://antryump.com/2014/08/31/sigmund-freud-quotes/
Please visit the original site when you have time…    —    kmab]
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