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title: "29 Persons Quotes By Erich Fromm"
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> [ Many students of dreams, from Plato to \[Sigmund\] Freud, hold that the sleeping person,deprived of contact with the outside world, regresses temporarily… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/many-students-of-dreams-from-plato-to-sigmund-freud-hold-that-the/)

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

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> [Love is active penetration of the other person, in which my desire to know is stilled by union. In the act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/love-is-active-penetration-of-the-other-person-in-which-my-desire-to/)

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

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> [Care and responsibility are constituent elements of love, but without respect for and knowledge of the beloved person, love deteriorates into domination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/care-and-responsibility-are-constituent-elements-of-love-but-without/)

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

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> [The customer is an object to be manipulated, not a concrete person whose aims the businessman is interested to satisfy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-customer-is-an-object-to-be-manipulated-not-a-concrete-person/)

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

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> [To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by…](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/)

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> [Happiness does not exclude sadness - if a person responds to life, he's sometimes happy and sometimes sad. What matters is he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/happiness-does-not-exclude-sadness-if-a-person-responds-to-life-he-s/)

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

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> [Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/selfish-persons-are-incapable-of-loving-others-but-they-are-not/)

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

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> [It doesn't matter whether one uses God or doesn't. What matters is which experience a person has.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/it-doesn-t-matter-whether-one-uses-god-or-doesn-t-what-matters-is/)

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

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> [ Respect is not fear and awe; it...\[is\]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/respect-is-not-fear-and-awe-it-is-the-ability-to-see-a-person-as-he/)

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

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> [Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/man-s-main-task-in-life-is-to-give-birth-to-himself-to-become-what-he-2/)

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

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> [Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/love-is-not-primarily-a-relationship-to-a-specific-person-it-is-an-2/)

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

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> [The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-person-who-gives-up-his-individual-self-and-becomes-an-automaton/)

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

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> [While we teach knowledge, we are losing that teaching which is the most important one for human development: the teaching which can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/while-we-teach-knowledge-we-are-losing-that-teaching-which-is-the/)

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

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> [To love one person productively means to be related to his human core, to him as representing mankind. Love for one individual,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/to-love-one-person-productively-means-to-be-related-to-his-human-core/)

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

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> [Love is the only way of knowledge, which in the act of union answers my quest. In the act of loving, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/love-is-the-only-way-of-knowledge-which-in-the-act-of-union-answers/)

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

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> [The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-pleasure-in-complete-domination-over-another-person-or-other/)

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

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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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> [Society, and the family as its psycho social agent, has to solve a difficult problem: How to break a person's will without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/society-and-the-family-as-its-psycho-social-agent-has-to-solve-a/)

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

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> [The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-sick-individual-finds-himself-at-home-with-all-other-similarly-2/)

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

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> [A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/a-person-who-has-not-been-completely-alienated-who-has-remained/)

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

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> [The sadistic person is as dependent on the submissive person as the latter is on the former; neither can live without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-sadistic-person-is-as-dependent-on-the-submissive-person-as-the/)

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

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> [If I love the other person, I feel one with him or her, but with him as he is, not as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/if-i-love-the-other-person-i-feel-one-with-him-or-her-but-with-him-as/)

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

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> [Can one have love? If we could, love would need to be a thing, a substance that one can have, own, possess.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/can-one-have-love-if-we-could-love-would-need-to-be-a-thing-a/)

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

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> [The essential difference between the unhappy, neurotic type person and him of great joy is the difference between get and give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-essential-difference-between-the-unhappy-neurotic-type-person-and/)

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

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> [If I am attached to another person because I cannot stand on my own two feet, he or she may be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/if-i-am-attached-to-another-person-because-i-cannot-stand-on-my-own/)

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

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> [Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/understanding-a-person-does-not-mean-condoning-it-only-means-that-one/)

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

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> [To be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt; maybe I did not please the person whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/to-be-loved-because-of-one-s-merit-because-one-deserves-it-always/)

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

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> [Productive work, love and thought are possible only if a person can be, when necessary, quiet and alone. To be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/productive-work-love-and-thought-are-possible-only-if-a-person-can-be/)

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

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> [If I perceive in another person mainly the surface, I perceive mainly the differences,that which separates us. If I penetrate to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/if-i-perceive-in-another-person-mainly-the-surface-i-perceive-mainly/)

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

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## Other authors on Persons

## 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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