The Economic Times

Quote of the day by Sigmund Freud: 'If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips, betrayal oozes out of him at every pore' - Founder of psychoanalysis on human behaviour

Sigmund Freuds striking observation on human behaviour suggests that people may struggle to completely hide their secrets. He wrote that even when someones lips remain silent, their fingertips can chat, allowing betrayal to emerge through behaviour. The quote comes from his 1905 case study, Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, also known as the Dora case. Freud was an Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis.