On Faith in Oneself (Erich Fromm)

You have to have faith in yourself, to be able to think critically, to be an independant human being, a human being and not a sheep. To achieve that, to learn "the art of living and of dying" takes a lot of effort, practise and patience. Like any other skill, it has to be learned. Anyone whose growth takes this direction will also develop the ability to know what is good - or bad - for himself and others, good or bad for him as a human being, not good or bad for his success, his acquisition of power or of goods.

Erich Fromm