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. Erich Fromm More Quotes by Erich Fromm More Quotes From Erich Fromm What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. Erich Fromm mean sex people Modern man, if he dared to be articulate about his concept of heaven, would describe a vision which would look like the biggest department store in the world, showing new things and gadgets, and himself having plenty of money with which to buy them. Erich Fromm vision men heaven Love is a power which produces love. Erich Fromm produce love-is While we teach knowledge, we are losing that teaching which is the most important one for human development: the teaching which can only be given by the simple presence of a mature, loving person. Erich Fromm important simple teaching Like the effect of advertising upon the customer, the methods of political propaganda tend to increase the feeling of insignificance of the individual voter. Erich Fromm tyrants political feelings The confusion between temperament and character has had serious consequences for ethical theory. Preferences with regard to differences in temperament are mere matters of subjective taste. Erich Fromm differences confusion character Happiness is a man's greatest achievement; it is the response of his total personality to a productive orientation toward himself and the world outside. Erich Fromm personality happiness men Technical Utopias-flying, for example-have been achieved by the new science of nature.The human utopia...a united new humankind living in solidarity and peace, free from economic determination and from war and class struggle-can be achieved, provided we spend the same energy, intelligence, and enthusiasm on the realization of the human Utopia as we have spent on the realization of our technical Utopias. Erich Fromm determination struggle war To love one person productively means to be related to his human core, to him as representing mankind. Love for one individual, in so far as it is divorced from love for man, can refer only to the superficial and to the accidental; of necessity it remains shallow. Erich Fromm individual men mean All men are in need of help and depend on one another. Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual. Erich Fromm helping men needs Chronic boredom compensated or uncompensated constitutes one of the major psychopathological phenomena in contemporary technotronic society, although it is only recently that it has found some recognition. Erich Fromm boredom recognition found The two most far-reaching critical theories at the beginning of the latest phase of industrial society were those of Marx and Freud. Marx showed the moving powers and the conflicts in the social-historical process. Freud aimed at the critical uncovering of the inner conflicts. Both worked for the liberation of man, even though Marx's concept was more comprehensive and less time-bound than Freud's. Erich Fromm men two moving The member of a primitive clan might express his identity in the formula "I am we"; he cannot yet conceive of himself as an "individual," existing apart from his group. Erich Fromm independence responsibility identity Every society by its own practice of living and by the mode of relatedness, of feelings, and perceiving, develops a system of categories which determines the forms of awareness. Erich Fromm society practice feelings One cannot fall in love, really; one has to be in love. Erich Fromm falling-in-love fall The essential difference between the unhappy, neurotic type person and him of great joy is the difference between get and give. Erich Fromm differences joy giving Religion and nationalism, as well as any custom and any belief however absurd and degrading, if it only connects the individual with others, are refuges from what man most dreads: isolation. Erich Fromm isolation belief men Education is helping the child realise his potentialities. Erich Fromm learning education children The revolutionary and critical thinker is in a certain way always outside of his society while of course he is at the same time also in it. Erich Fromm certain revolutionary way In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead. Erich Fromm god time men
