In love the paradox occurs that two things become one and yet remain two.
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We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.Erich Fromm
The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.
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The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.
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Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.
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Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.
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Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.
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