# Quote — Freud Sigmund, The Future of an Illusion

> If the truth of religious doctrines is dependent on an inner experience that bears witness to the truth, what is one to make of the many people who do not have that experience?

- Author: [Freud Sigmund](https://www.leafyquotes.com/freud-sigmund.md)
- Book: [The Future of an Illusion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/freud-sigmund/the-future-of-an-illusion.md)
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## More from this book

> It goes without saying that a civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.

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> Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.

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> "In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that mankind will surmount this neurotic phase, just as so many children grow out of their similar neurosis."

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