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The Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Love and the Meaning of Respect
The Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Love and the Meaning of Respect

“Care and responsibility are constituent elements of love, but without respect for and knowledge of the beloved person, love deteriorates into domination and possessiveness.”

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Nobel-Winning Poet Joseph Brodsky on the Remedy for Existential Boredom
Nobel-Winning Poet Joseph Brodsky on the Remedy for Existential Boredom

“Try to stay passionate, leave your cool to constellations. Passion, above all, is a remedy against boredom. Another one, of course, is pain… passion’s frequent aftermath.”

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On Change and Denial
On Change and Denial

“It’s strange to feel change coming. It’s easy to ignore. An underlying restlessness seems to accompany it like birds flocking before a storm.”

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John Quincy Adams on Impostor Syndrome and the True Measure of Success
John Quincy Adams on Impostor Syndrome and the True Measure of Success

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On Giving Up: Adam Phillips on Knowing What You Want, the Art of Self-Revision, and the Courage to Change Your Mind
On Giving Up: Adam Phillips on Knowing What You Want, the Art of Self-Revision, and the Courage to Change Your Mind

“Not being able to give up is not to be able to allow for loss, for vulnerability; not to be able to allow for the passing of time, and the revisions it brings.”

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The Sunflower and the Soul: Wendell Berry on the Collaborative Nature of the Universe and the Cure for Conflict
The Sunflower and the Soul: Wendell Berry on the Collaborative Nature of the Universe and the Cure for Conflict

“We are not the authors of ourselves. That we are not is a religious perception, but it is also a biological and a social one. Each of us has had many authors, and each of us is engaged, for better or worse, in that same authorship. We could say that the human race is a great coauthorship in which we are collaborating with God and nature in the making of ourselves and one another.”

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Albert Camus on How to Live Whole in a Broken World
Albert Camus on How to Live Whole in a Broken World

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A Glow in the Consciousness: The Continuous Creative Act of Seeing Clearly
A Glow in the Consciousness: The Continuous Creative Act of Seeing Clearly

“Simply to look on anything… with the love that penetrates to its essence, is to widen the domain of being in the vastness of non-being.”

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The Messiah in the Mountain: Darwin on Wonder and the Spirituality of Nature
The Messiah in the Mountain: Darwin on Wonder and the Spirituality of Nature

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John Gardner on the Key to Self-Renewal Across Life and the Art of Making Rather Than Finding Meaning
John Gardner on the Key to Self-Renewal Across Life and the Art of Making Rather Than Finding Meaning

“The potentialities you develop to the full come as the result of an interplay between you and life’s challenges.”

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