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Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that

Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him. – Erich Fromm

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Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. – Erich Fromm

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The professional military mind is by necessity an inferior and unimaginative mind; no man of high intellectual quality would willingly imprison his gifts in such a calling. – H.G. Wells, The Outline of History, 1920

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The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. – Umberto Eco, Travels in Hyper Reality, 1986

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The self cannot be escaped, but it can be, with ingenuity and hard work, distracted. – Donald Barthelme

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I would rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one. – Marcus Porcius Cato

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