Development Quote by Erich Fromm

“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.” quote by Erich Fromm — Download Open image

“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.”

Erich Fromm

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings)

Development Disobedience Freedom History Humans Liberty Men Reason

More by Erich Fromm

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

Erich Fromm

Image

Only when man succeeds in developing his reason and love further than he has done so far, only when he can build a world…

Erich Fromm

Image

Freedom does not mean license.

Erich Fromm

Image

“It is hardly necessary to stress the fact that the ability to love as an act of giving depends on the character development of the person. It presupposes the attainment of a predominantly productive orientation; in this orientation the person has overcome dependency, narcissistic omnipotence, the wish to exploit others, or to hoard, and has acquired faith in his own…

Erich Fromm

The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon us the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. We do not choose our problems, we do not choose our products; we are pushed, we are forced -- by what? By a system which has no purpose…

Erich Fromm

Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and triviality; they cripple man, and all factors that make man into a psychic cripple turn him also into…

Erich Fromm

Image

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… Well-being means, finally, to drop one's Ego, to give up greed, to cease chasing after preservation and the aggrandizement of the Ego, to be and to experience one's self in the act of being, not…

Erich Fromm

“The wealth of data to be found in social and political life. The belief that people do not want to make sacrifices is notoriously wrong. When Churchill announced at the beginning of the Second World War that what he had to demand from the British was blood, sweat, and tears, he did not deter them, but on the contrary, he…

Erich Fromm

By equality, one once understood equality in the very same sense in which the Bible speaks of equality: that we are all equal, inasmuch…

Erich Fromm

Image

“Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging,…

Erich Fromm

Image

“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations,…

Erich Fromm

Image

Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.

Erich Fromm

Image

Explore all 558 Erich Fromm quotes

More Development quotes

Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

Ilkin Santak

Image

The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how…

Grace Lee Boggs

A lot of times I'll show someone a technique I got really good with, but I didn't put all the hours in. I didn't…

Eddie Bravo

Image

Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but…

Bernard Lonergan

Image

All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

Kofi Annan

Image

Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning…

Paul Kurtz

Image

When they started to drain a swamp where birds and fish had lived, for a new housing development down the road from his apartment, Steven watched the protests and the preparations with interest. The bird people were furious, the developers unmovable, and Steven was filled with relief that the fight wasn't his. Nothing here was his... He thought there should…

Maile Meloy

Close contact between science and the practice of collective farms and State farms creates inexhaustible opportunities for the development of theoretical knowledge, enabling us…

Trofim Lysenko

Image

The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it…

Arnold Bennett

Image

Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty…

Anna Lindh

Image

They are the gateway for our modern esthetic development, the prophets of the new time. They are most of all, the primitives of the…

Marsden Hartley

Image

Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn't billions of dollars…

Muhammad Yunus

Image

Browse all 4,403 Development quotes

Development Quote by Erich Fromm

Related quotes

More by Erich Fromm

More Development quotes