# Quote — Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion

> Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture: from the necessity for defending itself against the crushing supremacy of nature.

- 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), [culture](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/culture.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sigmund-freud/the-future-of-an-illusion/religious-ideas-have
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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)