Wilhelm Stekel Quotes

• Fervid atheism is usually a screen for repressed religion.

  Wilhelm Stekel

  Atheism, Repressed, Screens

  Wilhelm Stekel (1950). “Autobiography: The life story of a pioneer psychoanalyst”

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• The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one

  Wilhelm Stekel

  Inspirational, Maturity, Men

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• Love rarely overtakes; it mostly comes to meet us.

  Wilhelm Stekel

  Love, Love You

  Wilhelm Stekel (1931). “Marriage at the Crossroads”

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• People who do not understand themselves have a craving for understanding — a thing which is rather surmised and never spoken than known and clothed in words.

  Wilhelm Stekel

  People, Understanding, Craving

  Wilhelm Stekel (1931). “Marriage at the Crossroads”

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• In reality, we are still children. We want to find a playmate for our thoughts and feelings.

  Wilhelm Stekel

  Children, Reality, Feelings

  Wilhelm Stekel (2014). “The Depths of the Soul (Psychology Revivals): Psycho-Analytical Studies”, p.206, Routledge

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• 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

  "Autobiography of Wilhelm Stekel: The Life Story of a Pioneer Psychoanalyst". Book by Wilhelm Stekel, edited by Emil Arthur Gutheil, p. 206, 1950.

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• Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous.

  Wilhelm Stekel

  Regret, Expression, Virtuous

  Wilhelm Stekel (2014). “The Depths of the Soul (Psychology Revivals): Psycho-Analytical Studies”, p.149, Routledge

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• Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures.

  Wilhelm Stekel

  Art, Lying, Mean

  Marriage at the Crossroads Chapter II (p. 20)

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• Every fear is fear of death.

  Wilhelm Stekel

  Life And Death, Fear Of Death, Life Death

  Wilhelm Stekel (1999). “Conditions of Nervous Anxiety and Their Treatment”, p.377, Psychology Press

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• 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, Different

  Wilhelm Stekel (1950). “Autobiography: The life story of a pioneer psychoanalyst”

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• Fear is the fear of one's self.

  Wilhelm Stekel

  Self, Anxiety

  "Sadism And Masochism - The Psychology Of Hatred And Cruelty".

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