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Quote by Erich Fromm
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind – not the fiend or the sadist. – Erich Fromm

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Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? – Erich Fromm

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Back to School
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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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Consumerism
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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. – Erich Fromm

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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. – Beatrix Potter

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We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. – Jean de la Bruyere

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power

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. – Carl Sagan

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A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now Ive been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light. – Henri Matisse

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power

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Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold. – Lord Chesterfield

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Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then launched an experiment in raising them without earthly fathers too. Having neither a Father in heaven or a father in the home, many young men make gangs their families. – Gary Bauer

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The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil. – Francis H. Bradley

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