647 Quotes by Erich Fromm

Giving is the highest expression of potency.

Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation.

The most important misunderstanding seems to me to lie in a confusion between the human necessities which I consider part of human nature, and the human necessities as they appear as drives, needs, passions, etc., in any given historical period.

Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.

Modern man, if he dared to be articulate about his concept of heaven, would describe a vision which would look like the biggest department store in the world, showing new things and gadgets, and himself having plenty of money with which to buy them.

Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be. Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before.

When blended with sexuality, the death instinct is transformed into more harmless impulses expressed in sadism or masochism.

The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety.

Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way; but only "almost.