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More Quotes by Erich Fromm
If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?
Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
People do not see that the main question is not : "Am I loved?" which is to a large extent the question : "Am I approved of? Am I protected? Am I admired?" The main question is: "Can I love?
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life forces as an investment which must bring him the maximum profit obtainable under existing market conditions.
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.
To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness
To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.
