Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider… — Freud Sigmund

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.

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

"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."