More by Erich Fromm
Care and responsibility are constituent elements of love, but without respect for and knowledge of the beloved person, love deteriorates into domination and possessiveness.
Man for Himself (1947)
Man is born as a freak of nature, being within nature and yet transcending it. He has to find principles of action and decision-making which replace the principles of instincts.
The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized Technology (1968)
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
The Art of Loving (1956)
Selfishness and self-love, far from being identical, are actually opposites.
Man for Himself (1947)
Man’s biological weakness is the condition of human culture.
Escape from Freedom (1941)
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.
The Art of Loving (1956)
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.
Man for Himself (1947)
Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.
The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (1973)
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