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Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
― Erich Fromm
Spiritual
Courage
Erich Fromm
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
Life
Birthday
Character
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.
― Erich Fromm
Real
Men
Ego
Erich Fromm
To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.
― Erich Fromm
Strong
Decision
Feelings
Erich Fromm
Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love
― Erich Fromm
Ability
Erich Fromm
Hate is a product of the unfulfilled life.
― Erich Fromm
Life
Hate
Products
Erich Fromm
That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane.
― Erich Fromm
People
Doe
Sanity
Erich Fromm
Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.
― Erich Fromm
Selfish
Greed
Erich Fromm
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
― Erich Fromm
Love
Life
Philosophical
Erich Fromm
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
― Erich Fromm
Faith
Confidence
Able
Erich Fromm
The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not feel alone and anxious any more. But the price he pays, however, is high; it is the loss of his self.
― Erich Fromm
Loss
Self
Erich Fromm
The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one. The opposite pole to narcissism is objectivity; it is the faculty to see other people and things as they are, objectively, and to be able to separate this objective picture from a picture which is formed by one's desires and fears
― Erich Fromm
Real
LoveIs
Objectivity
Erich Fromm
When people can't handle God any more, they turn to religion.
― Erich Fromm
People
Religion
Turns
Erich Fromm
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.
― Erich Fromm
Men
Commodity
Erich Fromm
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
― Erich Fromm
Character
Simple
Order
Erich Fromm
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?
― Erich Fromm
People
Protected
Approved
Erich Fromm
As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and answers at every point except where they can be found- in himself.
― Erich Fromm
Believe
Past
Clouds
Erich Fromm
Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built
― Erich Fromm
Sides
Authority
Irrational
Erich Fromm
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.
― Erich Fromm
Life
Animal
Men
Erich Fromm
Respect is not fear and awe; it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.Fromm
― Erich Fromm
Respect
Unique
Individuality
Erich Fromm
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