Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. Erich Fromm callcommodityequality Change image and share on social
What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. Erich Fromm appealcultureessentially Change image and share on social
If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism. Erich Fromm attachmentegotismenlarge Change image and share on social
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. Erich Fromm airbreathebright Change image and share on social
Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. Erich Fromm capableincapablelove Change image and share on social
Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market. Erich Fromm exchangeexpectfavorable Change image and share on social
In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two. Erich Fromm beingloveoccur Change image and share on social
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. Erich Fromm bottomlesseffortendless Change image and share on social
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Erich Fromm bitterdieidea Change image and share on social
