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Erich Fromm Quotes: Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.
         

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.


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It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.



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Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.



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The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.



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

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



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The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.



To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.



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