On The Art of Loving

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"In contrast to symbiotic union, mature love is union under the condition of preserving one's integrity, one's individuality. Love is an active power in man; a power which breaks through the walls which seperate man from his fellow men, which unites him with others; love makes him overcome the sense of isolation and seperateness, yet it permits him to be himself, to retain his integrity. In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two."

~Erich Fromm, renowned psychoanalyst, 1956