We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response…

“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

“Mrs. May winced. She thought the word Jesus should be kept inside the church building like other words inside the bedroom.”

— Flannery O'Connor

“Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness of a…

— Erich Fromm

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

— Erich Fromm

“Cellar Christians!" Foyle exclaimed. He and Robin peered through the window. Thirty worshipers of assorted faiths were celebrating the New Year with a combined…

— Alfred Bester

“ Hitler reacted primarily in a sadistic fashion toward people, but masochistically toward fate, history, the “higher power” of nature.”

— Erich Fromm

“You pigs, you. You rut like pigs, is all. You got the most in you, and you use the least. You hear me, you?…

— Alfred Bester

“Wesley, the younger child, had had rheumatic fever when he was seven and Mrs. May thought this was what had caused him to be…

— Flannery O'Connor

“Make it a human war,' she said fiercely. 'You're the first not to be deceived by my looks. Oh God! The boredom of the…

— Alfred Bester

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

— Erich Fromm

“No," Foyle roared. "Let them hear this. Let them hear everything." "You're insane, man. You've handed a loaded gun to children." "Stop treating them…

— Alfred Bester

“Equality today means “sameness,” rather than “oneness.” It is the sameness of abstractions, of the men who work in the same jobs, who have…

— Erich Fromm

“Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.”

— Alfred Bester

“I think a lot of this kind of work goes on at other (to say lower, deeper, or higher introduces a false gradation) levels,…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Yet in his own estimate, one theme in particular dominated all others: the growing tyranny of the majority, the ever-increasing and most formidable barriers…

— Richard D. Heffner