Civilized People Have Exchanged Some Part Of

Illusions Commend Themselves To Us Because They Save Us Pain And Allow Us To Enjoy Pleasure Instead. We Must Therefore Accept It Without Complaint When They Sometimes Collide With A Bit Of Reality Against Which They Are Dashed To Pieces.

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.

Love In The Form Of Longing And Deprivation Lowers The Self Regard.

Smoking Is Indispensable If One Has Nothing To Kiss.

Knowledge Is The Intellectual Manipulation Of Carefully Verified Observations.