"He sido un hombre afortunado en la vida, nada me ha sido facil." "I've been a fortunate man in life, nothing has come easy"
Sigmund FreudRead
When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Weighing pros and cons is beneficial for making minor decisions.
In this quote, Sigmund Freud expresses the importance of evaluating the advantages and disadvantages when faced with decisions that, while seemingly minor, can still impact our lives. This approach encourages careful thought and reflection, enabling individuals to make informed choices, even in situations that might appear trivial at first glance.
Themes
DecisionPros And ConsEvaluationChoiceImportance
In practice
Example use cases
In a team meeting when discussing which projects to pursue.
More from Sigmund Freud
All quotes βI take up the standpoint that the tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man, and I come back now to the statement that it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture.
Sigmund FreudRead
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Sigmund FreudRead
We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so forlornly unhappy as when we have lost our love object or its love.
Sigmund FreudRead
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
Sigmund FreudRead
The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture.
Sigmund FreudRead
Similar quotes
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
Rabindranath TagoreRead
I think you get into trouble as an author and a journalist when, rather than owning the gaps, you try to elide them.
David GrannRead
If somebody takes the time, a: to read a book that I have written, and then to b: care about it enough to write me and ask questions, surely I owe them a response.
Lois LowryRead
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
William OslerRead
We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
William ShakespeareRead
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
Thomas A. EdisonRead