38 Quotes by Anna Freud

The selection of leadership must follow practical considerations. Maybe I look at things too pessimistically?

Sex is something you do. Sexuality is something you are.

The horrors of war, pale beside the loss of a mother

It is there all the time.

In our dreams we can have our eggs cooked exactly how we want them, but we can't eat them.

In our dreams we can have our eggs cooked exactly how we want them, but we can’t eat them.

The horrors of war, pale beside the loss of a mother.

It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother’s emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.

If some longing goes unmet, don’t be astonished. We call that Life.