The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. Erich Fromm feelinsecurityperson Change image and share on social
The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have. Erich Fromm affluent 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
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime. Erich Fromm bearbirthdesperate 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
There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue. Erich Fromm actdestructiveenvy Change image and share on social
The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man. Erich Fromm beautifulbiologicallycreate 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
