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

Other quotes by Erich Fromm

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mothers side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. – Erich Fromm

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Love
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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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The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots. – Erich Fromm

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Society
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Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression. – John Foster Dulles

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Security

Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it. – Stephen Covey

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Security

There is nothing assured to mortals. – Horace

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Security

Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away. – Henry de Bracton

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Security

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