Erich Fromm
15 quotations
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.
Man may be defined as the animal that can say I, that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.
Immature love says: I love you because I need you. Mature love says: I need you because I love you.
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by unfolding of his powers.
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture.
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.