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
abolition human return socialism
Socialism is the abolition of human self-alienation, the return of man as a real human being.
immature love
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you'
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.
differences brotherhood identity
If I perceive in another person mainly the surface, I perceive mainly the differences,that which separates us. If I penetrate to the core, i perceive our identity, the fact of our brotherhood. This relatedness from center to center - instead of that from periphery to periphery - is 'central relatedness'.
practice discipline feelings
Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.
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.
love-is men giving
Love is the only way of knowledge, which in the act of union answers my quest. In the act of loving, of giving myself, in the act of penetrating the other person, I find myself, I discover myself, I discover us both, I discover man.
knowing-who-you-are birth born
To live is to be born every minute. Death occurs when birth stops.
differences people manipulate
There is undoubtedly a difference between people who manipulate other people and people who create things.
expression giving charity
Giving is the highest expression of potency.