The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

  • -- Erich Fromm 埃里希·弗洛姆

一个人能够而且必须为自己设定的精神任务不是感到安全,而是能够容忍不安全。

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He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

不能原谅别人的人,就等于打破了自己必须跨过的桥;因为每个人都需要被原谅。

I do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity.

在不同的时期,我在这个世界上确实有一种自我意识,一种不安全感。

Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.

每个艺术家都是天生的。这比上次要难得多,时间也更长。

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

我们容忍人类的形状,如果我们在马身上看到它们,我们会感到恐惧。

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

我们创造了一个极度不安全的世界,这是在谨慎行事。