To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by… — 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
Love, experienced thus, is a constant challenge; it is not a resting place, but a moving, growing, working together; even whether there… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The sadistic person is as dependent on the submissive person as the latter is on the former; neither can live without the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I love in you everybody, I love through you the world, I love in you also myself. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
People think that to love is simple, but that to find the right object to love - or to be loved by… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
...in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Society must be organized in such a way that mans social, loving nature is not separated from his social existence, but becomes… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
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
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 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, sensitive, awake,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
