Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The essential difference between the unhappy, neurotic type person and him of great joy is the difference between get and give. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The criterion of mental health is not one of individual adjustment to a given social order, but a universal one, valid for… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The narcissistic, the domineering, the possessive woman can succeed in being a "loving" mother as long as the child is small. Only… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Love is the only way of knowledge, which in the act of union answers my quest. In the act of loving, of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We've wanted to produce more in the 19th century and the 20th century in order to give man the possibility for more… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Beyond the element of giving, the active characteristic of love becomes evident in the fact that it always implies certain basic elements,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The hoarders, who are anxiously worried about losing something, are, psychologically speaking, the poor impoverished people, regardless of how much they have.… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Envy, jealousy, ambition, any kind of greed are passions; love is an action, the practice of human power, which can be practiced… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If one admits that the influence of the outside world is essentially beneficial, the lack of such influence during sleep would tend… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Our conscious motivations, ideas, and beliefs are a blend of false information, biases, irrational passions, rationalizations, prejudices, in which morsels of truth… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The application of psychoanalysis to sociology must definitely guard against the mistake of wanting to give psychoanalytic answers where economic, technical, or… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Well-being is possible to the degree to which one has overcome one's narcissism; to the degree to which one is open, responsive,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“What does one person give to another? He gives of himself, of the most precious he has, he gives of his life.… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The most important sphere of giving, however, is not that of material things, but lies in the specifically human realm. What does… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“It is hardly necessary to stress the fact that the ability to love as an act of giving depends on the character… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share
Only when man succeeds in developing his reason and love further than he has done so far, only when he can build a world… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
“It is hardly necessary to stress the fact that the ability to love as an act of giving depends on the character development of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and triviality; they cripple man, and all factors that make man into a psychic cripple turn him also into… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
Well-being is possible to the degree to which one has overcome one's narcissism; to the degree to which one is open, responsive, sensitive, awake,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
“The wealth of data to be found in social and political life. The belief that people do not want to make sacrifices is notoriously… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
By equality, one once understood equality in the very same sense in which the Bible speaks of equality: that we are all equal, inasmuch… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
“Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. — Erich Fromm Copy Share
To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge. — Erich Fromm Copy Share
Love is an active power in man; a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unite him… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
“Perhaps most trivial talk is a need to talk about oneself; hence, the never-ending subject of health and sickness, children, travel, successes, what one… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
