Mahad

“To know and yet [think] we do not know is the highest [attainment]; not to know [and yet think] we do know is a disease.”
― Erich Fromm, 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.”
― Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom

“Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion.”
― Lao Tzu

“Since men are not equals in white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal class structure, which men do women want to be equal to?”
― Bell Hooks