RELIGIOUS MISERY IS, ON THE ONE HAND, THE EXPRESSION OF REAL MISERY AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, PROTEST AGAINST REAL MISERY. RELIGION IS THE SIGH OF THE CREATURE OVERWHELMED BY MISFORTUNE, THE SOUL OF A HEARTLESS WORLD, JUST AS IT IS THE SPIRIT OF AN AGE WITHOUT A SPIRIT. IT IS THE OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE.