From My Sullied Prison

To keep ourselves totally apart so as not to become sullied is the most sullied thing of all.
—  Leo Tolstoy
The deepest need of man is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of his aloneness.
—  Erich Fromm
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On This Day In:
2018	In My Room (2)
2017	Pretending
2016	And Songs Too…
2015	On The Road To Failure
2014	Each Moment
2013	Conversation
2012	4 Down, 11 Done (At Last)
	I’m Not Afraid
2011	Who’s Risk Is It, Anyway?

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Four Loves

Infantile love follows the principle: “I love because I am loved.“
Mature love follows the principle: “I am loved because I love.”
Immature love says, “I love you because I need you.“
Mature love says: “I need you because I love you.“
—  Erich Fromm
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On This Day In:
2017	Faith In Science
2016	What The World Calls
2015	Say What?
2014	Start Today
2013	Fly!!
2012	Greater Love
2011	Before

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Giving Much

In the sphere of material things, giving means being rich.  Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
—  Erich Fromm
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On This Day In:
2016	Sounds Like Class
2015	Inert Ideas
2014	Worth Anything?
2013	Bruises Before Bed (Or Why You Didn’t Answer)
	Revealed Riches
2012	Extra Gears
2011	Say What?
2010	Hello Frogs…

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History Favors The Victor

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
—  Erich Fromm
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On This Day In:
2015	This We’ll Leave Them
2014	Sounds Like Faux News To Me
2013	Reasons
2012	American Libertarianism
2011	The Goal

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