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Erich Fromm Quotes

Erich Fromm quotes

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

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Erich Fromm quote: "There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail."
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning...."
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. Erich Fromm
There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger..."
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "Freedom does not mean license."
Freedom does not mean license. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is..."
What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture."
Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not..."
There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "That millions of people share the same forms of mental..."
That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane. Erich Fromm
[E]thical principles stand above the existence of the nation and that by adhering to these principles an individual belongs to the community of all those who share, who have shared, and who will share this belief. Erich Fromm
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same form of mental pathology does not make these people sane. Erich Fromm
The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "Today the function of psychiatry, psychology and..."
Today the function of psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis threatens to become the tool in the manipulation of man. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being..."
One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often. Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm quote: "Sanity is only that which is within the frame of reference of..."
Sanity is only that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought. Erich Fromm

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