“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Mrs. May winced. She thought the word Jesus should be kept inside the church building like other words inside the bedroom.” — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response . . . mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.” — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“What does one person give to another? He gives of himself, of the most precious he has, he gives of his life.… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Cellar Christians!" Foyle exclaimed. He and Robin peered through the window. Thirty worshipers of assorted faiths were celebrating the New Year with… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“ Hitler reacted primarily in a sadistic fashion toward people, but masochistically toward fate, history, the “higher power” of nature.” — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“You pigs, you. You rut like pigs, is all. You got the most in you, and you use the least. You hear… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“Wesley, the younger child, had had rheumatic fever when he was seven and Mrs. May thought this was what had caused him… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Make it a human war,' she said fiercely. 'You're the first not to be deceived by my looks. Oh God! The boredom… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“Love is possible only if two persons communicate with each other from the center of their existence, hence if each one of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“No," Foyle roared. "Let them hear this. Let them hear everything." "You're insane, man. You've handed a loaded gun to children." "Stop… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“Equality today means “sameness,” rather than “oneness.” It is the sameness of abstractions, of the men who work in the same jobs,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“I think a lot of this kind of work goes on at other (to say lower, deeper, or higher introduces a false… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Yet in his own estimate, one theme in particular dominated all others: the growing tyranny of the majority, the ever-increasing and most… — Richard D. Heffner Copy Share Image
“Modern capitalism needs men who co-operate smoothly, and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Man is gifted with reason; he is life being aware of itself he has awareness of himself, of his fellow man, of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Modern man is actually close to the picture Huxley describes in his Brave New World : well fed, well clad, satisfied sexually,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“There's got to be more to life than just living," Foyle said to the robot. "Then find it for yourself, sir. Don't… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love. Where this active concern is lacking,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
