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There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue.
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.
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.
We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them.
What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal.
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
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Erich Fromm
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Psychologist
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23 March, 1900
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18 March, 1980
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