Quotes by Erich Fromm

Erich Seligmann Fromm was a German-born American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was one of Founders of The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology in New York City and was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.

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In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.

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

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

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Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

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

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

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

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