“In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.”

— Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving (1956)

About Erich Fromm

1900 – 1980

German-born psychoanalyst and social philosopher, author of 'The Art of Loving' (1956) and 'Escape from Freedom' (1941).

“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 is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.”

“Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each includes the other, each is enriched by the other.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.”

“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”

“Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.”

“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”