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Act Quotes by Erich Fromm
- Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines.
- Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development of his reason.
- In the dominant Western religious system, the love of God is essentially the same as the belief in God, in God’s existence, God’s justice, God’s…
- That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle, the inexplicable. In…
- Love is active penetration of the other person, in which my desire to know is stilled by union. In the act of fusion I know…
- Can one have love? If we could, love would need to be a thing, a substance that one can have, own, possess. The truth is,…
- Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.
- Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience
- Human history began as an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience. At this…
- The only way of full knowledge lies in the act of love; this act transcends thought, it transcends words. It is the daring plunge into…
- 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…
- 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....…
- In the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.
- Love is the only way of knowledge, which in the act of union answers my quest. In the act of loving, of giving myself, in…
- There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.
- We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least…
- Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the…
- Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened…
- Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love…
- Love is an act of faith.
More Act Quotes
- Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold