No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern man has evolved the more civilization, the more repression, the more need there is for wit.
More Quotes from Sigmund Freud:
Only a good-for-nothing is not interested in his pastSigmund Freud
Knowledge is the intellectual manipulation of carefully verified observations.
Sigmund Freud
Conscience is the internal perception of the reaction of a particular wish operating within us
Sigmund Freud
A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
Sigmund Freud
Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.
Sigmund Freud
If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not so much to be a lasting acquisition, as a parallel to the neurosis which the civilized individual must pass through on his way from childhood to maturity
Sigmund Freud
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Society & Civilization Quotes, Wit QuotesBased on Keywords: valve
Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes.
Bill Klem
As far as the press is concerned, they're going to say what they want to say. Probably about 10-15 percent of the time It's accurate.
Justin Timberlake
There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that's allocated according to political muscle.
Peter Brimelow