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There is only one meaning of life

Quotes by Erich Fromm (Mar. 23, 1900 – Mar. 18, 1980)
 
 

 Source: http://www.phillwebb.net/History/TwentiethCentury/continental/Marxism/Fromm/Fromm2.jpg
 
 
Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating [...]

Conversation with T (he) Pain.

 
Trying to stick to the theme – LOVE.  I fell in love but again not with a person, but with an illusion.  I will see how February turns out.  I made a resolution – to disappear from his horizon starting February 1st.  Keeping resolutions is, of course, much harder than making them.  So, we talked [...]

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

 
 
Love Quotes inspired by my Love (Infatuation) for “Mein Lieber A.”
 
Just to give you some hints why some quotes seem to be more relevant than others.
 
 
“I am beautiful.”  Charming, yes…
“Why do you want to be infatuated with me?”  It  was not exactly my choice.
“I love Goethe quotes.”  Well, so do I.  It is nice to [...]

Victor Pelevin. The Essence of Human Mind.

 
 
Victor Pelevin “The Sacred Book of Werewolf”
 
‘But it’s my mind, isn’t it? Then what’s the problem?’
 
‘The problem is that your mind isn’t actually yours.’
 
‘Then whose is it?’
 
‘It’s not possible to say that it is anybody’s at all.  Or what it’s like and where it is.  All these concepts arise within it, that is, it precedes [...]

Victor Pelevin. Existence, Perception, Transformation.

 
 
Victor Pelevin “The Sacred Book of Werewolf”
 
People often argue about whether this world really exists, or is something like The Matrix movie.  It’s a very stupid thing to argue about.  All problems of this kind derive from the fact that people don’t understand the words they use.  Before discussing the subject, the first thing people [...]