Erich Fromm
Humanistic psychoanalyst, The Art of Loving
Most quoted
"Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life force as an investment which must bring him the maximum profit obtainable under existing market conditions."
— from The Sane Society, 1955
"Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life as an investment which must bring him a maximum profit under existing market conditions."
— from The Sane Society, 1955
"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."
— from The Art of Loving, 1956
All quotes by Erich Fromm (268)
The human being is a being of passion.
The human being is a being of spirit.
The most important task in life is to give birth to oneself.
Freedom is not the absence of constraints, but the presence of choice.
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.
The ultimate aim of man is to be himself, to become what he is potentially.
The alienated person is out of touch with himself as he is out of touch with any other person.
The human being is the only animal who can be bored.
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
The most profound need of man is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of his aloneness.
To have faith means to have certainty, to trust in the reliability of a person, a principle, a conviction.
The truly religious person is the one who is deeply concerned with the meaning of life and with the ultimate values of human existence.
The more one is oneself, the more one is universal.
The human heart is the only thing whose value increases the more it is given away.
The greatest need of man is to overcome his separateness.
To be loved is a good thing, but to love is better.
The human being is a social animal, but also an individual.
The task of man is to realize himself, to become what he potentially is.
The ultimate aim of man is to be himself.
The human being is the only animal who can say 'I'.
Contemporaries of Erich Fromm
Other Psychologys born within 50 years of Erich Fromm (1900–1980).