A relatively primitive village in which there are still real feasts, common artistic shared expressions, and no literacy at all is more… — 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
Beyond the element of giving, the active characteristic of love becomes evident in the fact that it always implies certain basic elements,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
What we have in common is a mass men, a mass bureaucracy, and a manipulation of everyone to act smoothly, but with… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
What is common to our societies is the development into a managed mass society, with big bureaucracy, managing people. The Russians do… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
All genuine ideals have one thing in common: they express the desire for something which is not yet accomplished but which is… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is… — 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
