Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm
Erich Seligmann Frommwas a German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth23 March 1900
CountryUnited States of America
encouragement people vision
When people can see a vision and simultaneously recognize what can be done step by step in a concrete way to achieve it, they will begin to feel encouragement and enthusiasm instead of fright.
obedience unlikely humans
Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience
meaningful men knowing
One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom, not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if man had no monetary, or any other reward, he would be eager to spend his energy in some meaningful way because he could not stand the boredom which inactivity produces.
mom mother children
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.
ladders injustice mask
As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.
doubt want merit
To be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt; maybe I did not please the person whom I want to love me, maybe this, or that - there is always a fear that love could disappear.
soulmate integrity love-you
Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.
creativity acceptance self
Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.
attitude children creative
What are the conditions of the creative attitude, of seeing and responding, of being aware and being sensitive to what one is aware of? First of all it requires the capacity to be puzzled. Children still have the capacity to be puzzled.
selfish love-you greed
Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.
love-is growth art-of-loving
Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love.
brother liberty want
If you want a Big Brother, you get all that comes with it.
future past men
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do not rebel. But given man's nature, robots cannot live and remain sane, they become ''Golems,'' they will destroy their world and themselves because they cannot stand any longer the boredom of a meaningless life.
evil giving groups
There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group.