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Him Quotes by Erich Fromm
- To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge.
- Love is an active power in man; a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unite him with…
- Fairness means not to use fraud and trickery in the exchange of commodities and services and the exchange of feelings...Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and…
- As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the…
- Love is hot a higher power which descends upon mn nor a duty which is imposed upon him; it is his own power by which…
- Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed…
- Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life forces as…
- Authority is not a quality one person 'has,' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
More Him Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not… — Francis of Assisi