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More Quotes by Erich Fromm
The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.
To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.
A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is established, nobody wants to be an outsider, or indeed an outcast; in order to avoid this risk everybody adapts to the majority, who have in common only their mutual antagonism
Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.
When people can't handle God any more, they turn to religion.
The deepest need of the human being is to overcome our separateness, to leave the prison of our loneliness.
Many psychiatrists and psychologists refuse to entertain the idea that society as a whole may be lacking in sanity. They hold that the problem of mental health in a society is only that of the number of 'unadjusted' individuals, and not of a possible unadjustment of the culture itself.