Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love

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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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Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

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People do not see that the main question is not : "Am I loved?" which is to a large extent the question : "Am I approved of? Am I protected? Am I admired?" The main question is: "Can I love?

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Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

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Well-being is possible to the degree to which one has overcome one's narcissism; to the degree to which one is open, responsive, sensitive, awake, empty.... Well-being means, finally, to drop one's Ego, to give up greed, to cease chasing after preservation and the aggrandizement of the Ego, to be and to experience one's self in the act of being, not in having, preserving, coveting, using.

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That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane.

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Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

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Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.

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An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality.

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