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 lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

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

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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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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.

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

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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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