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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is

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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The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone. – Erich Fromm

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Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. – Erich Fromm

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Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market. – Erich Fromm

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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. – Edward Abbey

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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. – Vernon Howard

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The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God. – Henry Jacobsen

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Avarice is fear sheathed in gold. – Paul Eldridge

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