Obsession Quote by Erich Fromm

“The psyche of some people, whether through innate structure or via adaption to personal experiences, is uniquely adept for absolute aloneness.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Human beings desire comfort and familiarity.

— Vic Mensa

At any moment, whatever we are experiencing, only one of two things is ever happening: either we are being with what is, or else…

— John Welwood

“This dual position suggests a basic tension or 'existential dilemma' in human living that each of us seeks to resolve: the search for, and…

— Ernesto Spinelli

“Anxiety, alienation, loneliness, emptiness, and meaninglessness are the fruits of living as an isolated subject admist a multitude of lifeless objects. Although our scope…

— Stephen Batchelor

From the moment we are born our culture encourages us to believe that outer well-being is the source of inner fulfillment ... Wherever we…

— Russell Peters

“To be a human being means to be lonely.To go on becoming a person means exploring new modes of resting in our loneliness.”

— Robert Hobson

...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.

— Dante Alighieri

If man did not exist as a world-spanning receptive realm of perception, if he were not engaged in this capacity, nothing at all could…

— Medard Boss

One of the ongoing themes in my work, I hope, and one of the things I believe in, is a sense of human nature,…

— Chris Hondros

“Our normal human tendency is to enjoy life, to play, to explore, to be happy, and to love.”

— Miguel Ruiz

“Whatever touches or enters into a sustained relationship with human life immediately assumes the character of a condition of human existence. This is why…

— Hannah Arendt