Author: Erich Fromm

Quotes

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.

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

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

- Erich Fromm

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

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

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

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

- Erich Fromm

Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.

Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.

- Erich Fromm

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

- Erich Fromm

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

- Erich Fromm

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

- Erich Fromm

There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.

There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.

- Erich Fromm

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