The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — 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
While every human being has a capacity for love, its realization is one of the most difficult achievements. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Once they are through the process of education, most people lose the capacity of wondering, of being surprised. They feel they ought… — 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
The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth and freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Our contemporary Western society, in spite of its material, intellectual and political progress, is increasingly less conducive to mental health, and tends… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Human history began as an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of… — 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
I believe that one can and must hope for a sane society that furthers man's capacity to love his fellow men, to… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Having lost religious faith and the humanistic values bound up with it, he [man] concentrated on technical and material values and lost… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
What are the conditions of the creative attitude, of seeing and responding, of being aware and being sensitive to what one is… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
FORTITUDE IS THE CAPACITY TO SAY NO WHEN THE WORLD WANTS TO HEAR 'YES' — 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
