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
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. Erich Fromm childfullygrow 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
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. Erich Fromm answerexistencehuman Change image and share on social
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. Erich Fromm acquiredeservelove Change image and share on social
Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture. Erich Fromm biologicalconditionculture 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