“The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone.”
Source: Escape from Freedom (1941), Ch. 1
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German social psychologist and psychoanalyst 1900–1980Related quotes

“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
Section 123
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)

“I've learned…. That being kind is more important than being right.”
Source: Live and Learn and Pass It On, Volume II: People Ages 5 to 95 Share What They've Discovered About Life, Love, and Other Good Stuff
“You can either practice being right or practice being kind.”