Erich Fromm

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Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

Immature love says: "I love you because I need you". Mature love says "I need you because I love you".

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?