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> [Our whole culture is based on the appetite for buying, on the idea of a mutually favorable exchange. … For the man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/our-whole-culture-is-based-on-the-appetite-for-buying-on-the-idea-of-2/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

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> [Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/love-is-often-nothing-but-a-favorable-exchange-between-two-people-who/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

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> [Modern man has transformed himself into a commodity; he experiences his life energy as an investment with which he should make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/modern-man-has-transformed-himself-into-a-commodity-he-experiences/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

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## Other authors on Considering

## More by Erich Fromm

> [The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-capacity-to-be-puzzled-is-the-premise-of-all-creation-be-it-in/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [Only when man succeeds in developing his reason and love further than he has done so far, only when he can build a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/only-when-man-succeeds-in-developing-his-reason-and-love-further-than/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [Freedom does not mean license.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/freedom-does-not-mean-license/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [“It is hardly necessary to stress the fact that the ability to love as an act of giving depends on the character development of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/it-is-hardly-necessary-to-stress-the-fact-that-the-ability-to-love-as/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-pace-of-science-forces-the-pace-of-technique-theoretical-physics/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and triviality; they cripple man, and all factors that make man into a psychic cripple turn him also into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/exploitation-and-manipulation-produce-boredom-and-triviality-they/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/well-being-is-possible-to-the-degree-to-which-one-has-overcome-one-s/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [“The wealth of data to be found in social and political life. The belief that people do not want to make sacrifices is notoriously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-wealth-of-data-to-be-found-in-social-and-political-life-the/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [By equality, one once understood equality in the very same sense in which the Bible speaks of equality: that we are all equal, inasmuch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/by-equality-one-once-understood-equality-in-the-very-same-sense-in/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [“Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/human-beings-had-two-basic-orientations-having-and-being-having-seeks/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/most-people-are-not-even-aware-of-their-need-to-conform-they-live/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/just-as-modern-mass-production-requires-the-standardization-of/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/to-respect-a-person-is-not-possible-without-knowing-him-care-and/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [Love is an active power in man; a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unite him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/love-is-an-active-power-in-man-a-power-which-breaks-through-the-walls/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/perhaps-most-trivial-talk-is-a-need-to-talk-about-oneself-hence-the/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

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