“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

Source: The Autobiography of Wilhelm Stekel (1950), p. 206

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Austrian physician and psychologist 1868–1940

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