Erich Fromm

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

#commodities #equality #just #man #mass

Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains, except kill it. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#love #modern-man #quickly #time #waste-time

Hanya ada satu kepastian, yaitu kepastian tentang masa lampau. Sedangkan tentang masa depan, yang ada hanyalah kepastian tentang kematian ↗

— Erich Fromm

#art

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

— Erich Fromm

#possession #experience

Die Liebe ist das Kind der Freiheit, niemals der Beherrschung ↗

— Erich Fromm

#love

گرانبهاترین سرمایه انسان و محکمترین پایه قدرت او چیزی جز شخصیت او نیست ↗

— Erich Fromm

#art

The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#feel #himself #insecurity #must #person

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#acquired #deserved #love #love is #mother

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#birth #effort #give #himself #his

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? ↗

— Erich Fromm

#age #children #every #feel #only