Quote by Sigmund Freud
I do not think our successes can compete with those of Lourdes. Th

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

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Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. – Sigmund Freud

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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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An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected. – Auberon Herbert

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Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her? – Bernard Berenson

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In order to be realist you must believe in miracles. – David Ben-Gurion

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For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient. – Nancy Gibbs

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Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. – Lionel Trilling

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It was one of the loveliest days in early autumn, and the general atmosphere had a tendency to subdue every feeling of the heart, and threw me in a thoughtful mood. – Charles Lanman, “Musings,” 1840

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You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. – Elizabeth Warren

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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. – Washington Irving

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