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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I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure.

我发现人性想要英雄却又想毁灭他们的英雄的方式很奇怪。这是一种大众的不安全感,人们想要看到一些东西,并从中获得快感,但与此同时,他们又想毁掉它,因为它让他们感到不安全。

How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.

一个人需要多少内在的资源来忍受没有疲劳的悠闲生活。一个人需要多少内在的资源来忍受没有疲劳的悠闲生活。

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.

高管们不应该容忍在重要岗位上表现不佳的个人,这是公司和同事们的责任。

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.

人们被要求把自己塑造成应该成为什么样的人,以完成自己的使命。

I was wracked with insecurity.

我被不安全感搞得心烦意乱。