"All men are in need of help and depend on one another. Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual."

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“Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution.”

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“The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.”

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