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Quote by Erich Fromm
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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In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead. – Erich Fromm

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God
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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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Security
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Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market. – Erich Fromm

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Love
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For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal. – Elizabeth Bowen

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It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive. – C.W. Leadbeater

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Doubt is not a pleasant state of mind, but certainty is absurd. – Voltaire, 1767

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Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Winning is the science of being totally prepared. – George Allen, Sr.

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Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy. – Stafford Cripps

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Any experience can be transformed into something of value. – Vash Young

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