Quote by Erich Fromm
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to b

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. – Erich Fromm

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Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. – Erich Fromm

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The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man. – Erich Fromm

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They say that the best defense is offense, and I intend to start offending right now. – Captain James

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I wish my life could be like that, knotted up so that even if something broke, the whole thing wouldnt come apart. – Janet Fitch

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There is nothing assured to mortals. – Horace

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Im insecure about everything, because… Im never going to look in the mirror and see this blond, blue-eyed girl. That is my idea of what Id like to look like. – Cher

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