We are confronted with the possibility of a war of such destruction that the whole existence of our nation and of the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If other people do not understand our behavior-so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
There is no word in our language which has been so much misused and prostituted as the word love. It has been… — 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
We have a religious renaissance today in America, as many people say. I would say this religious renaissance, ninety percent of it… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The hoarders, who are anxiously worried about losing something, are, psychologically speaking, the poor impoverished people, regardless of how much they have.… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If we love our fellow humans, we cannot limit our insight and our love only to others as individuals...We have to be… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
For the most part, biophiliacs,lovers of life, are found among simple people, without pretensions. — 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
People have committed suicide because of their failure to realize the passions for love , power , fame , revenge . Cases… — 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
