# Quote — Sigmund Freud, 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: [Sigmund Freud](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sigmund-freud.md)
- Book: [The Future of an Illusion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sigmund-freud/the-future-of-an-illusion.md)
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- Topics: [religion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion.md), [faith](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/faith.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sigmund-freud/the-future-of-an-illusion/if-the-truth
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## More from this book

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sigmund-freud/the-future-of-an-illusion/immorality-no-less.md)

Topics: [religion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion.md), [morality](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/morality.md)

> "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."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sigmund-freud/the-future-of-an-illusion/in-so-doing.md)

Topics: [religion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion.md)

> Religion is a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality, such as we find nowhere else but in a state of blissful hallucinatory confusion. Religion's eleventh commandment is "Thou shalt not question."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sigmund-freud/the-future-of-an-illusion/religion-is-a-system.md)

Topics: [religion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/religion.md)