Free man is by necessity insecure, thinking man by necessity uncertain. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I believe that the unity of man as opposed to other living things derives from the fact that man is the conscious… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
[Sigmund Freud] makes the interpretation of dreams extremely simple: it deals in substance with discovering what unconscious desires, distorted but recognizable, are… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Love is the only way of knowledge, which in the act of union answers my quest. In the act of loving, of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Even the most sadistic and destructive man is human, as human as the saint. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Whether...a change from the supremacy of natural science to a new social science will take place...depends on one factor: how many brilliant,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I would say love is something everybody talks about, and the need for love is one of the most basic needs of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We've wanted to produce more in the 19th century and the 20th century in order to give man the possibility for more… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I believe that love is the main key to open the doors to the "growth" of man. Love and union with someone… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Modern man has transformed himself into a commodity; he experiences his life energy as an investment with which he should make the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We are all equal in the sense that no man must mean - must be - the means for the purposes of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Modern man's happiness consists in the thrill of looking at the shop windows, and in buying all that he can afford to… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
But not only medicine, engineering, and painting are arts; living itself is an art in fact, the most important and at the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Man does not only sell commodities, he sells himself and feels himself to be a commodity. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Man is born as a freak of nature, being within nature and yet transcending it. He has to find principles of action… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the same time the beginning of his freedom and the development… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The two most far-reaching critical theories at the beginning of the latest phase of industrial society were those of Marx and Freud.… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I have a tremendous faith in the possibilities of man, which have shown in his past, and I believe if we avoid… — 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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