Erich Fromm

Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.’

Erich Fromm

In the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.

Erich Fromm

Integrity simply means not violating one’s own identity.

Erich Fromm

Intellectuals are hindered on the way to being, by their narcissism.

Erich Fromm

Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort.

Erich Fromm

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

Erich Fromm

Man does not only sell commodities, he sells himself and feels himself to be a commodity.

Erich Fromm

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.

Erich Fromm

Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

Erich Fromm

Men are born equal but they are also born different.

Erich Fromm