Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The deepest need of the human being is to overcome our separateness, to leave the prison of our loneliness. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Erotic love begins with separateness, and ends in oneness. Motherly love begins with oneness, and leads to separateness. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The deepest need of man, then, is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of his aloneness.” — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Love is an active power in man; a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety. Being separate means being cut off, without any… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Basically, there can only be two answers. One is to overcome separateness and find unity by regression to the state of unity… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Also in contemporary Western society the union with the group is the prevalent way of overcoming separateness. It is a union which… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“But in many individuals in whom separateness is not relieved in other ways, the search for the sexual orgasm assumes a function… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Once the primary bonds which gave security to the individual are severed, once the individual faces the world outside of himself as… — 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
