Wilhelm Stekel famous quotes

04-17-2025

Fervid atheism is usually a screen for repressed religion.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#Atheism
Love rarely overtakes; it mostly comes to meet us.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#Love You
Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#Art #Lying #Mean
In reality, we are still children. We want to find a playmate for our thoughts and feelings.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#Children #Reality #Feelings
Anxiety is the fear of one's self.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#Self #Anxiety
The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#Men #Maturity #Immature
Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#Lying #Eye #People
People who do not understand themselves have a craving for understanding â€” a thing which is rather surmised and never spoken than known and clothed in words.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#People #Understanding #Craving
Every fear is fear of death.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#Life And Death #Fear Of Death #Life Death
Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#Regret #Expression #Virtuous
Love at first sight is a revival of an infantile impression. The first love object reappears in a different disguise.
-- Wilhelm Stekel

#First Love #Sight #Firsts

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