“In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.”
Erich Fromm Quotes
1900 – 1980
German-born psychoanalyst and social philosopher, author of 'The Art of Loving' (1956) and 'Escape from Freedom' (1941).
23 quotesAbout Erich Fromm on Wikipedia
“Man is born as a freak of nature, being within nature and yet transcending it.”
“What is it that distinguishes man from animals? It is not his upright posture.”
“Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture.”
“The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.”
“Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.”
“Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.”
“To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.”
“Selfishness and self-love, far from being identical, are actually opposites.”
“Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a 'standing in,' not a 'falling for.'”
“Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual.”
“I believe that love is the main key to open the doors to the 'growth' of man.”
“I believe that none can 'save' his fellow man by making a choice for him.”
“If I am what I have and if what I have is lost, who then am I?”
“Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.”
“The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals.”
