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Person 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.
- While we teach knowledge, we are losing that teaching which is the most important one for human development: the teaching which can only be given…
- 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…
- To be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt; maybe I did not please the person whom I want to…
- If I perceive in another person mainly the surface, I perceive mainly the differences,that which separates us. If I penetrate to the core, i perceive…
- Care and responsibility are constituent elements of love, but without respect for and knowledge of the beloved person, love deteriorates into domination and possessiveness.
- Our whole culture is based on the appetite for buying, on the idea of a mutually favorable exchange. .... For the man an attractive girl…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who…
- The customer is an object to be manipulated, not a concrete person whose aims the businessman is interested to satisfy.
- 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…
- Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
- Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
- If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an…
- 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…
- Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the person…
- The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way of formulating the…
- 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…
- 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…
- Productive work, love and thought are possible only if a person can be, when necessary, quiet and alone. To be able to listen to oneself…
- The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
More Person Quotes
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- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear… — Lance Armstrong
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
- Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe