Life Quotes by Erich Fromm

Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

— Erich Fromm

Destructiveness is the outcome of an unlived life.

— Erich Fromm

“The mature response to the problem of existence is love.”

— Erich Fromm

Only in being productively active can man make sense of his life.

— Erich Fromm

Hate is a product of the unfulfilled life.

— Erich Fromm

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

— Erich Fromm

Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love.

— Erich Fromm

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself.

— Erich Fromm

Independent of others and in concert with others, your main task in life is to do what you can best do and…

— Erich Fromm

Critical and radical thought will only bear fruit when it is blended with the most precious quality man is endowed with -…

— Erich Fromm

Society must be organized in such a way that mans social, loving nature is not separated from his social existence, but becomes…

— Erich Fromm

Mobilizing the love of life is the only force that can defeat the love for the dead.

— Erich Fromm

The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth and freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love.

— Erich Fromm

“Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love. Where this active concern is lacking,…

— Erich Fromm

“If I am what I have and if what I have is lost, who then am I? Nobody but a defeated, deflated,…

— Erich Fromm

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.

— Erich Fromm

To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which…

— Erich Fromm

The average American has separated his private life from his existence as a member of his society, and leaves that to the…

— Erich Fromm

The criterion of mental health is not one of individual adjustment to a given social order, but a universal one, valid for…

— Erich Fromm

We talk about equality, about happiness, about freedom - and about the spiritual values of religion, and about God - and in…

— Erich Fromm

“It is a sad commentary on our civilization, however, that war and suffering rather than peacetime living can mobilize human readiness to…

— Erich Fromm

I believe that the fundamental alternative for man is the choice between "life" and "death"; between creativity and destructive violence; between reality…

— Erich Fromm

I believe that the experience of love is the most human and humanizing act that it is given to man to enjoy…

— Erich Fromm

Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there, it is…

— Erich Fromm

Envy, jealousy, ambition, any kind of greed are passions; love is an action, the practice of human power, which can be practiced…

— Erich Fromm

“When a person feels that he has not been able to make sense of his own life, he tries to make sense…

— Erich Fromm

Even if man's hunger and thirst and his sexual strivings are completely satisfied, 'he' is not satisfied. In contrast to the animal…

— Erich Fromm

. . . freedom to creat and construct, to wonder and to venture. Such freedom requires that the individual be active and…

— Erich Fromm

I think, to be specific, we got off the track when we concentrated more and more on production of things. Thereby, we…

— Erich Fromm

I believe that love is the main key to open the doors to the "growth" of man. Love and union with someone…

— Erich Fromm

Man is the only animal who does not feel at home in nature, who can feel evicted from paradise, the only animal…

— Erich Fromm

“The question is the same, for it springs from the same ground: the human situation, the conditions of the human existence. The…

— Erich Fromm

“A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense…

— Erich fromm

“The wealth of data to be found in social and political life. The belief that people do not want to make sacrifices…

— Erich Fromm

“There is a specific variant of the principle of the guaranteed income which, although not likely to be accepted at present, constitutes…

— Erich Fromm

“Each new step into his new human existence is frightening. It always means to give up a secure state, which was relatively…

— Erich Fromm

“What does one person give to another? He gives of himself, of the most precious he has, he gives of his life.…

— Erich Fromm

“Among the many forms of alienation, the most frequent one is alienation in language. If I express a feeling with a word,…

— Erich Fromm

“Man is gifted with reason; he is life being aware of itself he has awareness of himself, of his fellow man, of…

— Erich Fromm

“Love is possible only if two persons communicate with each other from the center of their existence, hence if each one of…

— Erich Fromm