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Quote by Erich Fromm
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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We are not only less reasonable and less decent in our dreams… we are also more inteligent, wiser and capable of better judgment when we are asleep than when we are awake. – Erich Fromm

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Dreams
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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

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Dreams
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Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. – Thomas Carlyle

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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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Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. – Doug Horton

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There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair. – Frank A. Clark

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