“We are a society of notoriously unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive, dependent — people who are glad when we have killed… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“To be concentrated means to live fully in the present, in the here and now, and not to think of the next… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
People seek a new orientation, a new philosophy, one which is centered on the priorities of life-physically and spiritually-and not on the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Our whole culture is based on the appetite for buying, on the idea of a mutually favorable exchange. Modern man's happiness consists… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“When a person feels that he has not been able to make sense of his own life, he tries to make sense… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The only way in which the world can be grasped ultimately lies, not in thought, but in the act, in the experience… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“To love somebody is not just a strong feeling—it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The child starts out by being attached to his mother as "the ground of all being." He feels helpless and needs the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Erotic love, if it is love, has one premise. That I love from the essence of my being—and experience the other person… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Equality as a condition for the development of individuality was also the meaning of the concept in the philosophy of the Western… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Only in the love of those who do not serve a purpose, love begins to unfold.” — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“It is essential [...] that discipline should not be practiced like a rule imposed on oneself from the outside, but that it… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The task of the moral philosopher-thinker is to support and strengthen the voice of human conscience, to recognize what is good or… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense… — 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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