We try to evade the question of existence with property, prestige, power, possession, production, fun, and, ultimately, by trying to forget that… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Man today being concerned with production and consumption as ends in themselves, has very little engergy time to devote himself to the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
This Marxian sentence, repeated to the point of boredom, is misinterpreted. In reality [Karl] Marx was a "religious" man. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
For [Karl] Marx what counts is man. He is the root of everything;while for capitalism, the aim are things, profit, and man… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
In the dominant Western religious system, the love of God is essentially the same as the belief in God, in God’s existence,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
For [Karl] Marx it is socialist society which realizes "concretely" the religious principles of equality, brotherly love, and freedom. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Having lost religious faith and the humanistic values bound up with it, he [man] concentrated on technical and material values and lost… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Love is not easy. All great religions postulate love as one of the greatest accomplishments. If it were that easy, or as… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Even if man's hunger and thirst and his sexual strivings are completely satisfied, 'he' is not satisfied. In contrast to the animal… — 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 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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