The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
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
The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born… — 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
Our whole culture is based on the appetite for buying, on the idea of a mutually favorable exchange. .... For the man… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
On the whole, our modern ritual is impoverished and does not fulfill man's need for collective art and ritual. — 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
I understand by socialism a society in which the aim of production is not profit, but the use. In which the individual… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Many psychiatrists and psychologists refuse to entertain the idea that society as a whole may be lacking in sanity. They hold that… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We are confronted with the possibility of a war of such destruction that the whole existence of our nation and of the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Just as love is an orientation which refers to all objects and is incompatible with the restriction to one object, so is… — 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
