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“The sadistic person is as dependent on the submissive person as the latter is on the former; neither can live without the other. The difference is only that the sadistic person commands, exploits, hurts, humiliates, and that the masochistic person is commanded, exploited, hurt, humiliated. This is a considerable difference in a realistic sense; in a deeper emotional sense, the difference is not so great as that which they both have in common: fusion without integrity .”

Source: The Erich Fromm Reader: Readings Selected and Edited by Rainer Funk

“The grand difference between a human being and a Supreme being is precisely this: Apart from God I cannot exist; apart from me God does exist. God does not need me in order for Him to be. I do need God in order for me to be. We are dependent. We are fragile. This is how we differ from God.”

Needs Humans Doe Order Differences Human Beings Supreme Dependent Fragile Supreme Being Need God God Does Exist

Book:Discovering the God Who Is: His Character and Being. His Power and Personality

Source: Discovering the God Who Is: His Character and Being. His Power and Personality

“Our lives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we do with conflict that makes the difference.”

Differences Our Lives Conflict Dependent

Book:The Magic of Conflict: Turning a Life of Work Into a Work of Art

Source: The Magic of Conflict: Turning a Life of Work Into a Work of Art

“The ultimate difference between God's wisdom and man's wisdom is how they relate to the glory of God's grace in Christ crucified. God's wisdom makes the glory of God's grace our supreme treasure. But man's wisdom delights in seeing himself as resourceful, self-sufficient, self determining, and not utterly dependent on God's free grace.”

Men Self Christ Differences Grace Seeing Glory Ultimate Delight Supreme Treasure Relate Sufficient Dependent Glory Of God God's Grace Self Sufficient Resourceful

Author:John Piper