The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We forget that, although each of the liberties which have been won must be defended with utmost vigour, the problem of freedom… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
It is true that one has to think first and then to act - but it's also true that if one has… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Envy, jealousy, ambition, any kind of greed are passions; love is an action, the practice of human power, which can be practiced… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Man, the more he gains freedom in the sense of emerging from the original oneness with man and nature and the more… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
A vast sector of modern advertising... does not appeal to reason but to emotion; like any other kind of hypnoid suggestion, it… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We substitute, or we rather hide, this fear of real intimacy by a superficial kind of friendliness, which is quite nice, but… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I think if you ask what people really mean by happiness today, it is the experience of unlimited consumption - the kind… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
It is essential... that discipline should not be practised like a rule imposed on oneself from the outside, but that it becomes… — 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
