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Quote by Erich Fromm
We all dream we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if not

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

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There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. – Erich Fromm

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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. – Erich Fromm

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If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism. – Erich Fromm

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