“In reality, we are still children. We want to find a playmate for our thoughts and feelings.”
As quoted in The Book Of Friendship: Making Life Better (2001) by Cyndi Haynes, p. 6
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Das Bedenklichste in unserer bedenklichen Zeit ist, dass wir noch nicht denken.
What is Called Thinking? [Was heisst Denken?] (1951–1952), as translated by Fred D. Wieck and J. Glenn Gray (1968)