Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life forces as an investment which must bring him the maximum profit obtainable under existing market conditions.

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The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same form of mental pathology does not make these people sane

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If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.

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Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

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

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One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.

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The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth and freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love.

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The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

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

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If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?

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