The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Happiness should be something which results from the creative, genuine, intense relatedness - awareness, responsiveness, to everything in life - to man,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The aim of life is to be fully born, though its tragedy is that most of us die before we are thus… — 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
Happiness does not exclude sadness - if a person responds to life, he's sometimes happy and sometimes sad. What matters is he… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
For the most part, biophiliacs,lovers of life, are found among simple people, without pretensions. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Loving becomes, and the ability to love, becomes one of the most important things in life. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I have a tremendous faith in the possibilities of man, which have shown in his past, and I believe if we avoid… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If it is true, as I have tried to show, that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Ethical principles stand above the existence of the nation and that by adhering to these principles an individual belongs to the community… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
But not only medicine, engineering, and painting are arts; living itself is an art in fact, the most important and at the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The mother's and father's attitudes toward the child correspond to the child's own needs… Mother has the function of making himsecure in… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If it is true, as I have tried to show, that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“From birth to death, from Monday to Monday, from morning to evening—all activities are routinized, and prefabricated. How should a man caught… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“freedom is not less endangered if attacked in the name of anti-Fascism than in that of outright Fascism.1 This truth has been… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True… — 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
Modern man has transformed himself into a commodity; he experiences his life energy as an investment with which he should make the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Both the mentally healthy and the neurotic are driven by the need to find an answer [to the problem of human existence],… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“If other people do not understand our behavior—so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt… — 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
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
People seek a new orientation, a new philosophy, one which is centered on the priorities of life-physically and spiritually-and not on the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The human passions transform man from a mere thing into a hero, into a being that in spite of tremendous handicaps tries… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. — 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
Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Boredom is nothing but the experience of a paralysis of our productive powers and the sense of unaliveness. Among the evils of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
A new question has arisen in modern man's mind, the question, namely, whether life is worth living...No sensible answer can be given… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If our supreme value is the development of the Western tradition - of a man for whom the highest thing in life… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The more the drive toward life is thwarted, the stronger is the drive toward destruction; the more life is realized, the less… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Freedom is not a constant attribute which we either "have" or "have not." In fact, there is no such thing as "freedom"… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Every act of irreverence for life, every act which neglects life, which is indifferent to and wastes life, is a step towards… — 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
![“Both the mentally healthy and the neurotic are driven by the need to find an answer [to the problem of human existence], the only difference being that one answer corresponds more to the total needs of man, and hence is more conducive to the unfolding of his powers and to his happiness than the…” quote by Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/37d/erich-fromm-367_culture_both-the-mentally-healthy-and-the-neurot_1309692.jpg)
