"The criterion of mental health is not one……" — Erich Fromm
"The criterion of mental health is not one of individual adjustment to a given social order, but a universal one, valid for all men, of giving a satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence."
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261 Quotes by Erich Fromm
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What are the conditions of the creative attitude, of seeing and responding, of being aware and being sensitive to what…
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Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there,…
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It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.
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I need you because I love you.
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Reason is man's faculty for grasping the world by thought, in contradiction to intelligence, which is man's ability to manipulate…
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Love is the child of freedom, never that of domination....
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The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one…
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation.
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Like the effect of advertising upon the customer, the methods of political propaganda tend to increase the feeling of insignificance…
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Creativity is the ability to see and to respond.
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Giving is the highest expression of potency.
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Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate…
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The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.
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Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He…
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what…
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Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it…
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The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and…
— Vince Cable
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A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity…
— James Allen
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I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make…
— Nick Clegg
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Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley…
— John Playfair
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Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the…
— Leon Battista Alberti
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You can win tournaments when you're mechanical, but golf is a game of emotion and adjustment. If you're not aware…
— Jack Nicklaus
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We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical…
— Eric Hoffer
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Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible…
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