Religion: Something Comparable To Childhood Neurosis

Taboo Restrictions Are Distinct From Religious Or Moral Prohibitions. They Are Not Based Upon Any Divine Ordinance, But May Be Said To Impose Themselves On Their Own Account. They Differ From Moral Prohibitions In That They Fall Into No System That Declares Quite Generally That Certain Abstinences Must Be Observed And Gives Reasons For That Necessity.

Were We Fully To Understand The Reasons For Other People's Behavior, It Would All Make Sense.

What Decides The Purpose Of Life Is Simply The Programme Of The Pleasure Principle. This Principle Dominates The Operation Of The Mental Apparatus From The Start. There Can Be No Doubt About Its Efficacy, And Yet Its Programme Is At Loggerheads With The Whole World, With The Macrocosm As Much As With The Microcosm.

America Is A Mistake, Admittedly A Gigantic Mistake, But A Mistake Nevertheless.

My Love Is Something Valuable To Me Which I Ought Not To Throw Away Without Reflection.