Man always dies before he is fully born. Erich Fromm More Quotes by Erich Fromm More Quotes From Erich Fromm The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of pathology. The result is that the average individual does not experience the separateness and isolation the fully schizophrenic person feels. He feels at ease among those who suffer from the same deformation; in fact, it is the fully sane person who feels isolated in the insane society - and he may suffer so much from the incapacity to communicate that it is he who may become psychotic. Erich Fromm sick home average Love is hot a higher power which descends upon mn nor a duty which is imposed upon him; it is his own power by which he relates himself to the world and makes it truly his. Erich Fromm greatest-love love-is inspirational Psychoanalysis is essentially a theory of unconscious strivings, of resistance, of falsification of reality according to one's subjective needs and expectations. Erich Fromm expectations reality needs We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake. Erich Fromm understanding dream sleep One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom, not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if man had no monetary, or any other reward, he would be eager to spend his energy in some meaningful way because he could not stand the boredom which inactivity produces. Erich Fromm knowing meaningful men To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Erich Fromm wise sympathy death The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. Erich Fromm creation capacity art If the handbag could think, it would have a terrific inferiority feeling, because, not having been bought, it would feel useless. Erich Fromm handbags feelings thinking Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him. Erich Fromm understanding judging mean It is a tragedy that most of us die before we have begun to live. Erich Fromm dies tragedy death I believe that one can and must hope for a sane society that furthers man's capacity to love his fellow men, to work and create, to develop his reason and his objectivity of a sense of himself that is based on the experience of his productive energy. I believe that one can and must hope for the collective regaining of a mental health that is characterized by the capacity to love and to create. Erich Fromm men life believe If an individual is able to love productively, he loves himself, too; if he can love only others, he cannot love at all. Erich Fromm individual able ifs Freedom does not mean license. Erich Fromm license doe mean I believe that man is the product of natural evolution that is born from the conflict of being a prisoner and separated from nature, and from the need to find unity and harmony with it. Erich Fromm unity men believe Beyond the element of giving, the active characteristic of love becomes evident in the fact that it always implies certain basic elements, common to all forms of love. These are care, responsability, respect and knowledge Erich Fromm elements giving facts The more the drive toward life is thwarted, the stronger is the drive toward destruction; the more life is realized, the less is the strength of destructiveness. Destructiveness is the outcome of unlived life. Erich Fromm stronger outcomes life-is 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 quality authority looks Just as love is an orientation which refers to all objects and is incompatible with the restriction to one object, so is reason a human faculty which must embrace the whole of the world with which man is confronted. Erich Fromm love men world You have to stop to change direction. Erich Fromm change Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the same time the beginning of his freedom and the development of his reason. Erich Fromm liberty freedom men
