The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.

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To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

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Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

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Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

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It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

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A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is established, nobody wants to be an outsider, or indeed an outcast; in order to avoid this risk everybody adapts to the majority, who have in common only their mutual antagonism

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Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

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When people can't handle God any more, they turn to religion.

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The deepest need of the human being is to overcome our separateness, to leave the prison of our loneliness.

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Many psychiatrists and psychologists refuse to entertain the idea that society as a whole may be lacking in sanity. They hold that the problem of mental health in a society is only that of the number of 'unadjusted' individuals, and not of a possible unadjustment of the culture itself.

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