If I am what I have and what I have is lost, who then am I.
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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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Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.
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Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'
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