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Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.



Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.



To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness



Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.



Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.



Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.



As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and answers at every point except where they can be foundin himself.



One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.



Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.



Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.



The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.



Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. "Patriotism" is its cult.



Boredom is nothing but the experience of a paralysis of our productive powers.



I am convinced that boredom is one of the greatest tortures. If I were to imagine Hell, it would be the place where you were continually bored.



Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.








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