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Only you yourself can be your liberator!

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Wilhelm Reich
Age: 60 †
Born: 1897
Born: March 24
Died: 1957
Died: November 3
Academic
Philosopher
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Sex Educator
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Liberator
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It is the basic evasion of the essential which is the problem of man.
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You have no sense of your true duty, which is to be a man and preserve humanity. You imitate wise men so badly and bandits so well. Your movies and radio programs are full of murder.
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Every muscular rigidity contains the history and the meaning of its origin.
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The fact that Hitler was a political genius unmasks the nature of politics in general as no other fact can.
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A living creature develops a destructive impulse when it wants to destroy a source of danger... The original motive is not pleasure in destruction... I destroy in a dangerous situation because I want to live and do not want to have any anxiety. In short, the impulse to destroy serves a primary biological will to live.
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Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if life tortures you at times. There is only one thing that counts: to live one's life well and happily.
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In brief, the goal of sexual suppression is that of producing an individual who is adjusted to the authoritarian order and who will submit to it in spite of all misery and degradation. . . The formation of the authoritarian structure takes place through the anchoring of sexual inhibition and sexual anxiety.
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Make it plain that you have no time for war, that you have more important things to do....let the diplomats and marshals of the earth shoot each other.
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Not until man is willing to recognize his animal nature - in the good sense of the word - will he create genuine culture.
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The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life.
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Once we open up to the flow of energy within our body, we can also open up to the flow of energy in the universe.
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And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express
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Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.
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People should be _very_ careful when choosing the future fathers and mothers of their children. For that reason alone, it is extremely mean to demand a marriage certificate for life, just for one night of embracement.
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Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness.
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Rooting in work is crucial to any accomplishment. Rooting in mere enthusiasm will in the long run force illusory measures to keep the fires of empty enthusiasm going. And this makes politics and politicians.
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Full sexual consciousness and a natural regulation of sexual life mean the end of mystical feelings of any kind. In other words, natural sexuality is the deadly enemy of mystical religion. The church, by making the fight over sexuality the center of its dogmas and of its influence over the masses, confirms this concept.
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Hitler repeatedly stressed that one could not get at the masses with arguments, proofs, and knowledge, but only with feelings and beliefs.
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Only one thing matters: live a good, happy life. Do your heart's bidding, even when it leads you on paths that timid souls would avoid. Even when life is a torment, don't let it harden you.
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It is above all man's social position that decides whether he will sublimate his sadism as a butcher, surgeon, or policeman.
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