Ernest Becker

“Guilt results from unused life, from the unlived in us.”

“The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.”

“We are gods with anuses.”

“Obviously, all religions fall far short of their own ideals.”

“One chooses slavery because it is safe and meaningful; then one loses the meaning of it, but fears to move out of it. One has literally died to life but must remain physically in this world.”

“the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith”