1.
Fervid atheism is usually a screen for repressed religion.
Wilhelm Stekel
2.
Love rarely overtakes; it mostly comes to meet us.
Wilhelm Stekel
3.
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
4.
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
5.
The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one
Wilhelm Stekel
6.
In reality, we are still children. We want to find a playmate for our thoughts and feelings.
Wilhelm Stekel
7.
Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous.
Wilhelm Stekel
8.
Every fear is fear of death.
Wilhelm Stekel
9.
Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures.
Wilhelm Stekel
10.
Love at first sight is a revival of an infantile impression. The first love object reappears in a different disguise.
Wilhelm Stekel
11.
Fear is the fear of one's self.
Wilhelm Stekel