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> [Horror alone brings peace of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/horror-alone-brings-peace-of-mind/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

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## More by Ernest Becker

> [“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-self-conscious-animal-the-idea-is-ludicrous/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“the characteristics the modern mind prides itself on are precisely those of madness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/the-characteristics-the-modern-mind-prides-itself-on-are-precisely/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“When we are young we are often puzzled by the fact that each person we admire seems to have a different version of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/when-we-are-young-we-are-often-puzzled-by-the-fact-that-each-person/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [Relationship is thus always slavery of a kind, which leaves a residue of guilt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/relationship-is-thus-always-slavery-of-a-kind-which-leaves-a-residue/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“neurosis as a problem of character and have seen that it can be approached in two ways: as a problem of too much narrowness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/neurosis-as-a-problem-of-character-and-have-seen-that-it-can-be/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/when-we-understand-that-man-is-the-only-animal-who-must-create/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/what-is-the-ideal-for-mental-health-then-a-lived-compelling-illusion/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“This is one of the reasons for bigotry and censorship of all kinds over personal morality: people fear that the standard morality will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/this-is-one-of-the-reasons-for-bigotry-and-censorship-of-all-kinds/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“Civilized" society is a hopeful belief and protest that science, money and goods make man count for more than any other animal. In this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/civilized-society-is-a-hopeful-belief-and-protest-that-science-money/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [We might say that psychoanalysis revealed to us the complex penalties of denying the truth of man's condition, what we might call the costs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/we-might-say-that-psychoanalysis-revealed-to-us-the-complex-penalties/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“Understanding this, Rank could take a great step beyond Freud. Freud thought that modern man’s moral dependence on another was a result of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/understanding-this-rank-could-take-a-great-step-beyond-freud-freud/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“The world of human aspiration is largely fictitious and if we do not understand this we understand nothing about man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/the-world-of-human-aspiration-is-largely-fictitious-and-if-we-do-not/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“If the partner becomes God he can just as easily become the Devil; the reason is not far to seek. For one thing, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/if-the-partner-becomes-god-he-can-just-as-easily-become-the-devil-the/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“every human being is… equally unfree, that is, we… create out of freedom, a prison….”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/every-human-being-is-equally-unfree-that-is-we-create-out-of-freedom/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

> [“The point is that if the love object is divine perfection, then one’s own self is elevated by joining one’s destiny to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/the-point-is-that-if-the-love-object-is-divine-perfection-then-one-s/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

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