Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The most important influence on a child is the character of its parents, rather than this or that single event. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Authority is not a quality one person 'has,' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The source of irrational authority, on the other hand, is always power over people. This power can be physical or mental, it… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire for freedom, an instinctive wish for submission? If there is not, how can… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This… — 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
