All Erich Fromm Quotes
- Freedom does not mean license. Doe
- To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness Ability
- Love is an act of faith. Act
- If the meaning of life has become doubtful, if one's relations to others and to oneself do not offer security, then fame is one means… Centuries
- The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does… Doe
- The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born when we die. Birth
- We may know ourselves, and yet even with all the efforts we make, we do not know ourselves. We know our fellowman, and yet we… All
- Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love. Ability
- Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can… Ahead
- Education is identical with helping the child realize his potentialities. The opposite of education is manipulation, which is based on the absence of faith in… Absence
- Our contemporary Western society, in spite of its material, intellectual and political progress, is increasingly less conducive to mental health, and tends to undermine the… Automaton
- We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a position where much… Ability
- To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on safety and security… Ability
- We forget that, although each of the liberties which have been won must be defended with utmost vigour, the problem of freedom is not only… Been
- Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you… All
- Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love." Immature love says:… Follows
- Beyond the element of giving, the active characteristic of love becomes evident in the fact that it always implies certain basic elements, common to all… Active
- Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with… Doe
- If I love the other person, I feel one with him or her, but with him as he is, not as I need him to… Ability
- People do not see that the main question is not : "Am I loved?" which is to a large extent the question : "Am I… Admired