Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. – Sigmund Freud
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success. – Sigmund Freud
We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality. – Sigmund Freud
I do not think our successes can compete with those of Lourdes. There are so many more people who believe in the miracles of the Blessed Virgin than in the existence of the unconscious. – Sigmund Freud