Mahmoud basyoni
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“So many people judge the value of their actions not on the basis of the action itself, but on the basis of how the action is accepted.”
― Man's Search for Himself
― Man's Search for Himself
“Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.”
― Man's Search for Himself
― Man's Search for Himself
“The oversimplified, mechanical view of the self really betokened an underlying lack of belief in the dignity, complexity and freedom of the person.”
― Man's Search for Himself
― Man's Search for Himself
“To “be yourself” was then an excuse for relaxing into the lowest common denominator of inclination.”
― Man's Search for Himself
― Man's Search for Himself
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