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“PHILOSOPHER: As Fromm says, ‘While one is consciously afraid of not being loved, the real, though usually unconscious fear is that of loving.’ And then he continues by stating, ‘To love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.”
― Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to be Happy: True Contentment Is In Your Power

“Usually what keeps us from this experience of heaven on earth is the sum of all the memories and associated beliefs we hold that make us conclude that we are unworthy of love, and / or have been banished by God. It’s a classic case of anthropocentric projection in which it is actually our own ongoing criticism and judgement of ourselves that reinforces our experience of duality and separation.”
― Estelle Gillingham, Be Who You Came To Be: How to Connect with your Soul's True Wisdom to Find Your Purpose, Gifts and Power

“The attitude of the need for approval, of trying to get another person to decide one’s worth, is just dependence.”
― Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to be Happy: True Contentment Is In Your Power

“The birth of society is, in other words, the birth of suffering.”
― Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to be Happy: True Contentment Is In Your Power