"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
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Interpretation
Self-honesty is valuable for personal growth and understanding.
Sigmund Freud highlights the importance of being truthful with oneself as a beneficial practice. This self-honesty allows individuals to confront their thoughts and feelings, leading to greater self-awareness and psychological well-being.
In practice
During a workshop on personal development, this quote can be used to emphasize the importance of self-reflection.
"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"
I 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.
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
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.
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture.
There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
We have to do the best we are capable of. This is our sacred human responsibility.
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
Time is the coin of our live. We must take care how we spend it.
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.
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