"Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires."

"America is a mistake, a gigantic mistake."

"Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and enable us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality an…"

"The insane are not without reason, but they are without a certain kind of reason."

"Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine."