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Quote by Sigmund Freud
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. – Sigmund Freud

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Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind. Why this has to happen, we do not know; the work of Eros is precisely this. – Sigmund Freud

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Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock. – Sigmund Freud

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The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety. – Sigmund Freud

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Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether its people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But its also a cause for war and bloodshed. – Josh Gad

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I wont take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. – Carl Sandburg

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Yoga is not a religion to me. – Christy Turlington

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The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. – David Hume

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Come into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher. – William Wordsworth

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