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~ Erich Fromm Quotes ~
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Erich Fromm Quotes


A German-American Jewish social psychologist, psychoanalyst, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. 
Erich Seligmann Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was a German-American Jewish social psychologist, psychoanalyst, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was associated with what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory.

Here are some famous quotes by Erich Fromm.




Man absolutely cannot live by himself.

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Man is the only animal that can be bored.

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Giving is the highest expression of potency.

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

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Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity.

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Free man is by necessity insecure; thinking man by necessity uncertain.

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

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Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.

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The successful revolutionary is a statesman the unsuccessful one a criminal.

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

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

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

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The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.

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Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children and not for the education of all adults of every age?

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« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2014, 01:58:01 PM »
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.