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
immature love
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you'
abolition human return socialism
Socialism is the abolition of human self-alienation, the return of man as a real human being.
except gives life man meaning unfolding
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by unfolding of his powers.
except gives life man meaning unfolding
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives to his life by the unfolding of his powers.
capacity-to-love people problem
Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to love. Hence the problem to them is how to be loved, how to be lovable.
lust weakness rooted
The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.
love life romantic
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'
elude-us goal effort
We may know ourselves, and yet even with all the efforts we make, we do not know ourselves. We know our fellowman, and yet we do not know him, because we are not a thing, and our fellowman is not a thing. The further we reach into the depths of our being, on someone else's being, the more the goal of knowledge eludes us.
knowing-who-you-are birth born
To live is to be born every minute. Death occurs when birth stops.
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
ladders injustice mask
As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.
bores-you boredom would-be
I am convinced that boredom is one of the greatest tortures. If I were to imagine Hell, it would be the place where you were continually bored.
vices love-myself virtue
If it is a virtue to love my neighbor as a human being, it must be a virtue - and not a vice - to love myself, since I am a human being too.