- “Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.”
- Fritz Perls, Psychologist
For related quotes see Quotes on Criticism.
Image adaptation of “Self-Conscious.”
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May 17th, 2011
The opposite being that our independence makes tyrants and dictators of us. Fritz much preferred being top dog.
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May 18th, 2011
Disagree, you can be independent without needing to rule over others. In fact, I would consider the need to rule over others to be in-itself a kind of dependence.
May 18th, 2011
True. And you can be dependent without being a slave
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May 21st, 2011
When you depend on others to make you feel good, you give up your spirit/soul. I would much rather own my own spirit and keep on working to build the kind of life I need