I believe that man is the product of natural evolution that is born from the conflict of being a prisoner and separated… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Religion and nationalism, as well as any custom and any belief however absurd and degrading, if it only connects the individual with… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The paradoxical and tragic situation of man is that his conscience is weakest when he needs it most. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The history of man so far is nothing to brag about, from the standpoint of our ideas - and what I mean… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
This Marxian sentence, repeated to the point of boredom, is misinterpreted. In reality [Karl] Marx was a "religious" man. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Sleep is often the only occasion in which man cannot silence his conscience; we forget what we knew in our dream. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
What you might call the "symbol pushers" - that is to say, all of the people who deal with figures, with paper,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The experience of humanism is that 'nothing human is alien to me'; that I carry within myself all of humanity; that nothing… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Critical and radical thought will only bear fruit when it is blended with the most precious quality man is endowed with -… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
In his condemnation [Karl] Marx referred to institutionalized religion,that has precisely the function of anesthetizing men till they do not notice the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The history of man is a graveyard of great cultures that came to catastrophic ends because of their incapacity for planned, rational,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
For [Karl] Marx what counts is man. He is the root of everything;while for capitalism, the aim are things, profit, and man… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?..Is there not also, perhaps, besides… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
. . . freedom to creat and construct, to wonder and to venture. Such freedom requires that the individual be active and… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I believe that the fundamental alternative for man is the choice between "life" and "death"; between creativity and destructive violence; between reality… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Happiness should be something which results from the creative, genuine, intense relatedness - awareness, responsiveness, to everything in life - to man,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Jewish legend says that the world rests on 36 just men: only thirty six, but their moral strength is immense. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I would say, compared with the 19th century, compared with most previous history, this is as good or better a society than… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Man today is fascinated by the possibility of buying, more, better, and especially, new things. He is consumption hungry... To buy the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Our whole culture is based on the appetite for buying, on the idea of a mutually favorable exchange. .... For the man… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Today the function of psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis threatens to become the tool in the manipulation of man. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
On the whole, our modern ritual is impoverished and does not fulfill man's need for collective art and ritual. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If our supreme value is the development of the Western tradition - of a man for whom the highest thing in life… — 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
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