647 Quotes by Erich Fromm

There is nothing of which we are more ashamed than of not being ourselves. And there is nothing which brings us greater joy and happiness than to think, feel, and say what is ours.

The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is.

Faith is not a weak form of belief or knowledge; it is not faith in this or that; faith is the conviction about the not yet proven, the knowledge of the real possibility, the awareness of pregnancy.

The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of pathology.

To live is to be born every minute. Death occurs when birth stops.

In erotic love, two people who were separate become one. In motherly love, two people who were one become separate. The mother must not only tolerate, she must wish and support the child's separation.

Hate is a product of the unfulfilled life.

The most important influence on a child is the character of its parents, rather than this or that single event.

Modern man's happiness consists in the thrill of looking at the shop windows, and in buying all that he can afford to buy, either for cash or on installments.