Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity, in the many ways in which such violation is possible. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We are not on the way to greater individualism, but are becoming an increasingly manipulated mass civilization. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way; but only "almost. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
There are many who feel consciously hopeful and unconsciously hopeless, and there are few for whom it is the other way around. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The revolutionary and critical thinker is in a certain way always outside of his society while of course he is at the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Our main way of relating ourselves to others is like things relate themselves to things on the market. We want to exchange… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I believe that the experience of love is the most human and humanizing act that it is given to man to enjoy… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Love is the only way of knowledge, which in the act of union answers my quest. In the act of loving, of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I believe that if an individual is not on the path to transcending his society and seeing in what way it furthers… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The only way of full knowledge lies in the act of love; this act transcends thought, it transcends words. It is the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Society must be organized in such a way that mans social, loving nature is not separated from his social existence, but becomes… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
When people can see a vision and simultaneously recognize what can be done step by step in a concrete way to achieve… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Respect is not fear and awe; it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality.… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If we love our fellow humans, we cannot limit our insight and our love only to others as individuals...We have to be… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If we begin to say, "Well, maybe we can cope better with the Russians if we also transform ourselves into a managed… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Also in contemporary Western society the union with the group is the prevalent way of overcoming separateness. It is a union which… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Envy, jealousy, ambition, any kind of greed are passions; love is an action, the practice of human power, which can be practiced… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
If I love the other person, I feel one with him or her, but with him as he is, not as I… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom, not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We have, in the same way, relegated our own responsibility in what happens to our country to the specialists, who are supposed… — 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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
“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
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
To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge. — Erich Fromm Copy Share
Love is an active power in man; a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unite him… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
“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… — Erich Fromm Copy Share
![“Respect is not fear and awe; it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.” quote by Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/erich-fromm-367_ability_respect-is-not-fear-and-awe-it-is-the-ab_1306391.jpg)
