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Erich Fromm

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There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue.


— Erich Fromm


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One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.


— Erich Fromm


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Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.


— Erich Fromm


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Man always dies before he is fully born.


— Erich Fromm


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The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.


— Erich Fromm


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To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.


— Erich Fromm


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What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal.


— Erich Fromm


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Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.


— Erich Fromm


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Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'


— Erich Fromm


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The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.


— Erich Fromm


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About Erich Fromm






Did you know about Erich Fromm?

). He observed that embracing our freedom of will was healthy whereas escaping freedom through the use of escape mechanisms was the root of psychological conflicts. Drawing from his knowledge of the Torah Fromm pointed to the story of Jonah who did not wish to save the residents of Nineveh from the consequences of their sin as demonstrative of his belief that the qualities of care and responsibility are generally absent from most human relationships.

Erich SeligmannFromm (March 23 1900 – March 18 1980) was a German social psychologist psychoanalyst sociologist humanistic philosopher and democratic socialist.

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