"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time."
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Anna Freud
Psychoanalyst
Anna Freud was a pioneering child psychoanalyst known for her contributions to understanding childhood development and the role of the ego.
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Anna Freud
Psychoanalyst
"Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training."
Anna Freud
Psychoanalyst
"The horrors of war, pale beside the loss of a mother"
Anna Freud
Psychoanalyst
"Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?"
Anna Freud
Psychoanalyst
"In our dreams we can have our eggs cooked exactly how we want them, but we can't eat them."
Anna Freud
Psychoanalyst
"Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness?"