Quotes by Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

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The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there. — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
We are gods with anuses. — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Man is literally split in two: he has an awareness of his own splendid uniqueness in that he sticks out of nature with a — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Modern man is drinking and drugging himself out of awarness, or he spends his time shopping, which is the same thing. As — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Obviously, all religions fall far short of their own ideals. — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Better guilt than the terrible burden of freedom and responsibility. — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
[Man] literally drives himself into a blind obliviousness with social games, psychological tricks, personal preoccupatio — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
We called one's lifestyle a vital lie, and now we can understand better why we said it was vital: it is a necessary and — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Too much possibility is the attempt by the person to overvalue the powers of the symbolic self. It reflects the attempt — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possi — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Relationship is thus always slavery of a kind, which leaves a residue of guilt. — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
...Erich Fromm wondered why most people did not become insane in the face of the existential contradiction between a sym — Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death