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
ladders injustice mask
As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.
thinking joy ashamed
There is nothing of which we are more ashamed than of not being ourselves. And there is nothing which brings us greater joy and happiness than to think, feel, and say what is ours.
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.
knowing-who-you-are birth born
To live is to be born every minute. Death occurs when birth stops.
mother children two
In erotic love, two people who were separate become one. In motherly love, two people who were one become separate. The mother must not only tolerate, she must wish and support the child's separation.
love family happiness
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
expression giving charity
Giving is the highest expression of potency.
men animal identity
Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.
eye journey long
Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be. Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before.
men way behavior
Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way; but only "almost.
love achievement realization
While every human being has a capacity for love, its realization is one of the most difficult achievements.
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.
selfish love-you greed
Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.
people doe sanity
That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane.