Being afraid Quote by Erich Fromm Download Open image “We can express ideas without being afraid of being killed or imprisoned.” — Erich Fromm ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being afraid Ideas
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Only those ideas that are least truly ours can be adequately expressed in words. — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
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An idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
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I don't think there is such a thing as an idea without words, because your language is your thought. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
The communication of ideas requires a similitude of thought and language . . . — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I have reached the point where I know that as long as I sit down to write, the ideas will come. What they will… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it. — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Only when man succeeds in developing his reason and love further than he has done so far, only when he can build a world… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“It is hardly necessary to stress the fact that the ability to love as an act of giving depends on the character development of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and triviality; they cripple man, and all factors that make man into a psychic cripple turn him also into… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Well-being is possible to the degree to which one has overcome one's narcissism; to the degree to which one is open, responsive, sensitive, awake,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The wealth of data to be found in social and political life. The belief that people do not want to make sacrifices is notoriously… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
By equality, one once understood equality in the very same sense in which the Bible speaks of equality: that we are all equal, inasmuch… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Forgive yourself for not being the richest, the thinnest, the tallest, the one with the best hair. Forgive yourself for not being the most… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Because once you're afraid of one thing, you can get scared of a lot of stuff.” — Ava Dellaira Copy Share Image
As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock.… — Mark McNairy Copy Share Image
The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and need for… — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
Not to be content with Life is the unsatisfactory state of those which destroy themselves; who being afraid to live, run blindly upon their… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do. I have always been full of contradictions. I am shy… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
If you really stop resisting someone or stop judging them or stop being afraid of them or stop imagining they're going to do something… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
It's different being afraid when there's the hope it will amount to something. — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
How tragic that the very thing that could set us free-playing the fool-is the thing we will not do. When we're afraid to be… — Mike Mason Copy Share Image
To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
I hate when somebody says, "This may not work." You'll never get anywhere with that. I've pushed a lot of people out of my… — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of… — Jack London Copy Share Image
