647 Quotes by Erich Fromm

We consume, as we produce, without any concrete relatedness to the objects with which we deal; We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them.

Hanya ada satu kepastian, yaitu kepastian tentang masa lampau. Sedangkan tentang masa depan, yang ada hanyalah kepastian tentang kematian

If we want to Fascism we must understand it. Wishful thinking will not help us. And reciting optimistic formulae will prove to be as inadequate and useless as the ritual of an Indian rain dance.

The paradoxical situation with a vast number of people today is that they are half asleep when awake, and half awake when asleep, or when they want to sleep.

The absolutely alienated individual worships at the altar of an idol, and it makes little difference by what names this idol is known.

It was the irrational doubt which springs from the isolation and powerlessness of an individual whose attitude toward the world is one of anxiety and hatred. This irrational doubt can never be cured by rational answers; it can only disappear if the individual becomes and integral part of a meaningful world.

The doubt itself will not disappear as long as man does not overcome his isolation and as long as his place in the world has not become a meaningful one in terms of his human needs.

Equality today means “sameness,” rather than “oneness.” It is the sameness of abstractions, of the men who work in the same jobs, who have the same amusements, who read the same newspapers, who have the same feelings and the same ideas.

Хүн ерөөсөө бусад хүнд юу өгдөг вэ? Хүн бусдад өөрөө өөрөөсөө өгдөг ба өөрийнхөө эзэмшиж буй хамгийн үнэтэйг өгч цаашлаад өөрийнхөө амьдралаас өгдөг. Гэхдээ хүн бусдын төлөө өөрийнхөө амьдралаас золиосолж буй гэсэн утгатай биш. Хүн өөрийнхөө дотор амьд буй зүйлсээсээ бусдад өгч буй. Тиймээс хүн өөрийнхөө баяр баяслаас өгнө, өөрийнхөө сонирхлоос өгнө, өөрийнхөө ойлголцлоос өгнө, өөрийнхөө мэдлэгээс өгнө, өөрийнхөө алиа хошиноос өгнө, өөрийнхөө эмгэнэл гашуудлаас өгнө.