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Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love.


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Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.



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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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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.



Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.



Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.



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.



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

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



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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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The more a man drinketh of the world, the more it intoxicateth.



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Forget about shortcuts. Instead, enjoy the wonders of your path.




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