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More Quotes by Erich Fromm
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 in having, preserving, coveting, using.
Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
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.
When people can't handle God any more, they turn to religion.
Hate is a product of the unfulfilled life.
It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.
The deepest need of the human being is to overcome our separateness, to leave the prison of our loneliness.
The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth and freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love.
An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality.
