“The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
“Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows 'what he wants,' while he actually wants what he is supposed to want. In order to accept this it is necessary to realize that to know what one really wants is not comparatively easy, as most people think, but one of the most difficult problems any human being has to solve. It is a task we frantically try to avoid by accepting ready-made goals as though they were our own.”
― Escape from Freedom
― Escape from Freedom
“I cannot know who I am, because I don't know which part of me is not me.”
― The Art of Being
― The Art of Being
“Nor let us be resentful when others differ from us. For all men have hearts, and each heart has its own leanings. Their right is our wrong, and our right is their wrong.”
― The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity
― The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity
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