“Is, then, the man-made reality outside ourselves not the most significant factor for the development of the very best in us, and… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The state of sleep is a state of freedom in which man is not occupied with the manipulation of the outside world. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Finally one arrives at this: the state of sleep has an ambiguous function; in sleep, the lack of contact with the culture… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Sleep is often the only occasion in which man cannot silence his conscience; we forget what we knew in our dream. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The average American never loses his sleep about affairs which relate to his society and to our whole country. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
In the sleeping state, instead, one is much more oneself, even if society never ceases to intervene. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The average American is not concerned with his society. He talks about it, but you know if one speaks of being concerned,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The paradoxical situation with a vast number of people today is that they are half asleep when awake, and half awake when… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
[Sigmund ] Freud did not under-stand that the dream is a highly creative act, written in the universal language of symbolism, and… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Many students of dreams, from Plato to [Sigmund] Freud, hold that the sleeping person,deprived of contact with the outside world, regresses temporarily… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If one admits that the influence of the outside world is essentially beneficial, the lack of such influence during sleep would tend… — 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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