Book: Escape from Freedom

"Personality" in the interests of which modern man acts is the social "I"; this "personality" consists mainly of the role undertaken by the individual, and in reality is merely the subjective disguise its objective social function. Modern selfishness is the greed that occurs out of frustration true identity and sent for approval to the personality of the social. Modern man seems to be typical of the highest degree of approval of his personality; in fact, his whole personality is weakened, reduced to only one segment of the whole is intelligence and willpower, and all other components of his personality at all cut off.

Modern man believes that his actions are motivated by his interests, but in fact his life is devoted to purposes that do not need it.

The narcissism - like selfishness - it's excess compensation for the insufficiency of self-love.

The man is born, and it is in ready stage.

We are fascinated by the growth of freedom against forces that are external to us, and how blind do not see those internal obstacles, constraints and fears that are ready to deprive of any meaning all the victories won by freedom over traditional her enemies.

Lifestyle, due to the peculiarities of the economic system, becomes the fundamental factor determining the character of a person, for the imperious need of self-preservation forces him to accept the conditions in which he had to live.

Modern man still gripped by anxiety and tempted to surrender his freedom to dictators of all kinds - or to lose it, becoming a small cog in the machine: not a free man, and the well-fed and well-dressed machine.

The ability to think allows a person and makes him - aware of itself as individual being, separate from nature and from other people.

The lack of connectedness with any of the values, symbols, attitudes we may call moral aloneness.

The right to Express their thoughts makes sense only if we are able to have their own thoughts.

The first world war many believed the final battle and its conclusion - the final victory of liberty: democracy existed, it seemed, strengthened, and replaced the monarchies came new democracy. But after a few years, emerged as a new system, perecherknula all that has been won by centuries of struggle, it seemed, forever.

If I am not for myself, then who will stand for me?
If I am only for myself who am I? If not now, when?

Are we going this way just because others go the same way. We encourage ourselves that in the darkness we hear someone whistling in response to our own.

Force and mind are the two concepts which revolve in different planes, and force never be able to deny the truth.