"Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the sep..." — Erich Fromm

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 the outside world.

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.

As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.

Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.