The integrative tendencies of the individual operate through the mechanisms of empathy, sympathy, projection, introjection, identification, worship- all of which make him feel that he is a part of some larger entity which transcends the boundaries of the individual self. This psychological urge to belong, to participate, to commune is as primary and real as its opposite. The all-important question is the nature of that higher entity of which the individual feels himself a part.
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We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?.
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Though they seem at opposite poles, fanatics of all kinds are actually crowded together at one end. It is the read more
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All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
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The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone.
The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone.
You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.
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He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
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The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world.
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he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
