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In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead. – Erich Fromm

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There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love. – Erich Fromm

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Love
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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. – Erich Fromm

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Adversity
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God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. – Henry Ward Beecher

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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. – Aristotle

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All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress. – Tennessee Williams

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Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. – Alan Watts

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