Showing posts with label Erich Fromm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Erich Fromm. Show all posts

The Universe Is Smiling: Uncertainty

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security."
- John Allen Paulos
"The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers."
- Erich Fromm

The Universe Is Smiling: Personality

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality."
- Erich Fromm 
"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."
- Bruce Lee

The Universe Is Smiling: High-Wire Flirtation

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?
 
A:  "You can fall from the sky
You can fall from a tree
But the best way to fall
Is in love with me."

- Anonymous 
"I think I have discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it."
- Charles Schulz
"Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies."
- Erich Fromm