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Erich Fromm Quotes: The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is.
         

The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is.


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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.



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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.



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