Quote by: 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 to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.


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Author Bio


  • NameErnest Becker
  • DescriptionAmerican anthropologist
  • BornSeptember 27, 1924
  • DiedMarch 6, 1974
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAnthropologist; Psychologist; Author
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For General Non-Fiction