n â SelbstgefÃ¤lligkeit f; (over sbâs misfortune or failure) â Schadenfreude f; it wasnât pleasant to listen to their gloating â es war kein VergnÃ¼gen, ihren selbstgefÃ¤lligen Reden/schadenfrohen Bemerkungen zuzuhÃ¶ren; their gloating over their own success â ihre selbstgefÃ¤llige Freude Ã¼ber ihren Erfolg.
The mind is definitely stronger than the body. The mind is a very powerful thing, it controls your emotions, reactions, and it attracts negative or positive things to your life, depending on your attitude towards life, If you're a positive person, positive things are more than likely to happen to you.
Freud believed that Eros is stronger than Thanatos, thus enabling people to survive rather than self-destruct. The ego develops from the id during infancy. The ego's goal is to satisfy the demands of the id in a safe a socially acceptable way.