All Erich Fromm Quotes
- The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety. All
- There is no word in our language which has been so much misused and prostituted as the word love. It has been preached by those… Age
- Another nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one's own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every action… Action
- Every act of irreverence for life, every act which neglects life, which is indifferent to and wastes life, is a step towards the love of… Act
- All men are in need of help and depend on one another. Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual. All
- The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon… Appendix
- 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, empty....… Act
- The hoarders, who are anxiously worried about losing something, are, psychologically speaking, the poor impoverished people, regardless of how much they have. Whoever is capable… Anxiously
- Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want. Actually Wants
- The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do… Any
- If there is no evidence that sport lowers aggression, at the same time it should be said that there is also no evidence that sport… Aggression
- Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way; but only "almost. Almost Every
- The customer is an object to be manipulated, not a concrete person whose aims the businessman is interested to satisfy. Aim
- It is notorious that no war between countries elicits as much hate and cruelty as civil war, in which there is no lack of acquaintance… Acquaintance
- There are many who feel consciously hopeful and unconsciously hopeless, and there are few for whom it is the other way around. Consciously
- It seems that great minds a hundred years ago saw what would happen today or tomorrow, while we to whom it is happening blind ourselves… Ago
- Death is never sweet, not even if it is suffered for the highest ideal. Death
- It is a tragedy that most of us die before we have begun to live. Begun
- When the theory of evolution destroyed the picture of God as the supreme Creator, confidence in God as the all-powerful Father of man fell with… Able
- Faith is not a weak form of belief or knowledge; it is not faith in this or that; faith is the conviction about the not… Awareness
- The most important influence on a child is the character of its parents, rather than this or that single event. Character
- The human passions transform man from a mere thing into a hero, into a being that in spite of tremendous handicaps tries to make sense… From
- Modern man's happiness consists in the thrill of looking at the shop windows, and in buying all that he can afford to buy, either for… Afford
- Even the most sadistic and destructive man is human, as human as the saint. Destructive
- Modern man, if he dared to be articulate about his concept of heaven, would describe a vision which would look like the biggest department store… Articulate