“[Freud's] great strength, though sometimes also his weakness, was the quite extraordinary respect he had for the singular fact... When he got hold of a simple but significant fact he would feel, and know, that it was an example of something general or universal, and the idea of collecting statistics on the matter was quite alien to him.” KnowsFeelsIdeasSometimesMatterFactsScienceSimpleExampleWeaknessUniversalExtraordinarySignificantAliensStatisticsBiographiesCollecting Book:The life and work of Sigmund Freud Source: The life and work of Sigmund Freud
“...whatever other qualities Jews may posses, likable or the reverse, no one who knows them well can deny that they are personally interesting. By that I mean, specially alive, alert, quick at comprehending people or events and at making pungent or witty comments on them... One might at times find the rather hothouse family atmosphere, with it intensities and frictions, somewhat trying, but one could be sure of never being bored.” PeopleKnowsTryingWellsMayMeanMightInterestingQualityAliveEventsJewWittyDenyBoredAtmosphereCommentIntensityReverseJudaismFrictionPosseComprehendingBeing Bored Book:Free Associations: Memories of a Psychoanalyst Source: Free Associations: Memories of a Psychoanalyst