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Own Quotes by Ernest Becker
- When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand the…
- The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the…
- If the love object is divine perfection, then one's own self is elevated by joining one's destiny to it... All our guilt, fear, and even…
- Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.
- What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to…
- Obviously, all religions fall far short of their own ideals.
- We consult astrology charts like the Babylonians, try to make our children into our own image with a firm hand like the Romans, elbow others…
- Man is literally split in two: he has an awareness of his own splendid uniqueness in that he sticks out of nature with a towering…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov