To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness. (Erich Fromm)

To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness.

Erich Fromm

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