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May Quotes by Erich Fromm
- Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.
- The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable…
- The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of pathology. The result…
- If I am attached to another person because I cannot stand on my own two feet, he or she may be a life saver, but…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
- 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…
- 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…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle