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Erich Fromm Quotes: Free man is by necessity insecure thinking man by necessity uncertain.
         

Free man is by necessity insecure thinking man by necessity uncertain.


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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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