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“If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels of a freedom movement, they would be invincible.”

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Wilhelm Reich was a prominent psychoanalyst, born on March 24, 1897, and died on November 3, 1957. He made significant contributions to the field of psychoanalysis, particularly in the areas of sexual psychology and orgonomy. more

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“Your liberators tell you that that your suppressors are Wilhelm, Nikolaus, Pope Gregory the Twenty Eighth, Morgan, Krupp or Ford. And your "liberators" are called Mussolini, Napoleon, Hitler and Stalin. I tell you: "Only you yourself can be your liberator!"”

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Author:Wilhelm Reich

“Unless we proceed cautiously, there might well arise a few generations of mystics who conceive of the orgone metaphysically, divorced from non-living nature and who do not comprehend it from the standpoint of natural science. And it seems to me that we have more than enough mysticism as it is.”

Wells Enough Seems Might Natural Generations Arise Mysticism Divorced Standpoint Natural Science

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“Sexually awakened women, affirmed and recognized as such, would mean the complete collapse of the authoritarian ideology”

Mean Ideology Collapse Awakened Sexually

Author:Wilhelm Reich

“And first and foremost, think straight, trust the quiet inner voice that tells you what to do. You hold your life in your hands, don't entrust it to anyone else, least of all to your chosen leaders. BE YOURSELF! Any number of great men have told you that.”

Thinking Men Firsts Hands Voice Numbers Leader Quiet Chosen Being Yourself Great Men Inner Voice

Author:Wilhelm Reich

“Only one thing matters: live a good, happy life. Do your heart's bidding, even when it leads you on paths that timid souls would avoid. Even when life is a torment, don't let it harden you.”

Heart Soul Matter Life Is Path One Thing Happy Life Torment Bidding

Author:Wilhelm Reich

“There is no proof. There are no authorities whatever. No president, Academy, Court of Law, Congress or Senate on this earth has the knowledge or power to decide what will be the knowledge of tomorrow. There is no use in trying to prove something that is unknown to somebody who is ignorant of the unknown, or fearful of its threatening power. Only the good old rules of learning will eventually bring about understanding of what has invaded our earthly existence.”

Trying Use Earth Law Understanding President Existence Tomorrow Prove Authority Court Congress Proof Ignorant Senate Fearful Threatening Academy

Author:Wilhelm Reich

“We shall no longer hang on to the tails of public opinion or to a non- existent authority on matters utterly unknown and strange. We shall gradually become experts ourselves in the mastery of the knowledge of the Future.”

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Author:Wilhelm Reich

“I do not believe that to be religious in the best, authentic sense a man has to destroy his love life and mummify himself, body and soul.”

Men Believe Soul Body Religious Love Life His Love

Author:Wilhelm Reich

“The question of how and why the encrustations and rigidifications of human emotional life are brought about led directly into the realm of vegetative life.”

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Book:The Discovery of the Orgone

Source: The Discovery of the Orgone

“People should be _very_ careful when choosing the future fathers and mothers of their children. For that reason alone, it is extremely mean to demand a marriage certificate for life, just for one night of embracement.”

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Book:Where's the Truth?: Letters and Journals, 1948-1957

Source: Where's the Truth?: Letters and Journals, 1948-1957