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Respect is not fear and awe; it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.Fromm
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The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not feel alone and anxious any more. But the price he pays, however, is high; it is the loss of his self.
To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.
Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.
When people can't handle God any more, they turn to religion.
As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and answers at every point except where they can be found- in himself.
That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane.
