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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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The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone. – Erich Fromm

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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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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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Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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