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.

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.

All family life is organized around the most damaged person in it.

Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.

Religious illusion must bow to scientific truth. It is in total error about the nature of the true world. Only science is not an illusion.

Cruelty and intolerance to those who do not belong to it are natural to every religion.

We must not allow ourselves to be deflected by the feminists who are anxious to force us to regard the two sexes as completely equal in position and worth.