#subjective

The faculty to think objectively is reason; the emotional attitude behind reason is that of humility. To be objective, to use one's reason, is possible only if one has achieved an attitude of humility, if one has emerged from the dreams of omniscience and omnipotence which one has as a child. Love, being dependent on the relative absence of narcissism, requires the developement of humility, objectivity and reason. I must try to see the difference between my picture of a person and his behavior, as it is narcissistically distorted, and the person's reality as it exists regardless of my interests, needs and fears. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#conflict #empathy #erich-fromm #humility #love

Failure is the quintessence to triumph. Fear is a necessity. Whatever is needed in one's life to maintain the universal principle of Chaos should be seasoned and not discouraged. Regardless of whether it's crazy, it's one's subjective reality. That makes it beautiful. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#reality #subjective-reality #beauty

The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one. The opposite pole to narcissism is objectivity; it is the faculty to see other people and things as they are, objectively, and to be able to separate this objective picture from a picture which is formed by one's desires and fears. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#humility #love #narcissism #narcissistic #objective

From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#position #subjective

Our science fails to recognize those special properties of life that make it fundamental to material reality. This view of the world - biocentrism - revolves around the way a subjective experience, which we call consciousness, relates to a physical process. It is a vast mystery and one that I have pursued my entire life. ↗

— Robert Lanza

#call #consciousness #entire #entire life #experience

I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing. ↗

— Michael C. Hall

#buzz #competition #created #emmys #i

At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior. ↗

— John Carmack

#behavior #best #entertainment #everyone #game

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively. ↗

— Paula Cole

#art #glad #i #interpreted #made

The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort; we know them only from the contents of our own consciousness. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

#consciousness #contents #distinguishing #know #mind

Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love with ideas, and you can fall in love with people. It's a very subjective experience. And I'm loyal to that experience. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#blind #experience #fall #i #i think