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Erich Fromm Quotes

Erich Fromm quotes

American Psychologist, Philosopher March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980

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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. Erich Fromm
...Today the lack of faith is an expression of profound confusion and despair. Once skepticism and rationalism were progressive forces for the development of thought; now they have become rationalizations for relativism and uncertainty. Erich Fromm
Reason flows from the blending of rational thought and feeling. If the two functions are torn apart, thinking deteriorates into schizoid intellectual activity and feeling deteriorates into neurotic life-damaging passions. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties."
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Erich Fromm
If faith cannot be reconciled with rational thinking, it has to be eliminated as an anachronistic remnant of earlier stages of culture and replaced by science dealing with facts and theories which are intelligible and can be validated. Erich Fromm
Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself..."
The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In..."
In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead. Erich Fromm
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be..."
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger..."
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be..."
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but..."
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means..."
Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies. Erich Fromm
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. Erich Fromm

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