The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
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The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.Erich Fromm
As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will gooutside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and answers at every point except where they canbe found in himself.
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Sanity is only that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought.
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Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled to concentrate to accept conflict and tension to be born everyday to feel a sense of self.
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Understanding a person does not mean condoning it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him
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