31 Quotes by Erich Fromm about love

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    People do not see that the main question is not : "Am I loved?" which is to a large extent the question : "Am I approved of? Am I protected? Am I admired?" The main question is: "Can I love?

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    Love, experienced thus, is a constant challenge; it is not a resting place, but moving, growing, working together; even when there is harmony or conflict, joy or sadness, is secondary to the fundamental fact that two people experience themselves, rather than by fleeing from themselves. There is only one proof for the presence of love: the depth of the relationship, and the aliveness and strength in each person concerned; this is the fruit by which love is recognized.

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    Real conflicts between two people, those which do not serve to cover up or to project, but which are experienced on the deep level of inner reality to which they belong, are not destructive. They lead to clarification, they produce a catharsis from which both persons emerge with more knowledge and more strength.

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    To be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt; maybe I did not please the person whom I want to love me, maybe this, or that - there is always a fear that love could disappear.

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    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.

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    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.

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    The assumption that the problem of love is the problem of an object , not the problem of a faculty . People think that to love is simple, but that to find the right object to love - or to be loved by- is difficult.

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