Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.

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• In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and...
• The true believer is in a high degree protected against the danger of certain neurotic afflictions; by accepting...
• Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.
• Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous...
• Religion is a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality, such as we find nowhere...
• Cruelty and intolerance to those who do not belong to it are natural to every religion.
• When a man is freed of religion, he has a better chance to live a normal and wholesome...
• Once again, only religion can answer the question of the purpose of life. One can hardly be wrong...
• Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.
• Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly....
• We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exists in our subconscious.
• One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
• Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
• The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer,...
• Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.