The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind not the fiend or the sadist.
Quote by Erich Fromm about power, danger, man
Quotes by Erich Fromm, page 2
34 quotes by Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm - psychologist, psychoanalyst and humanistic philosopher
Was born on 23 mar 1900.
Died on 18 mar 1980, at 79 years old.
Died on 18 mar 1980, at 79 years old.
Origin country: Germany
The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
Quote by Erich Fromm about fear, people
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
Quote by Erich Fromm about succes, criminals
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
Quote by Erich Fromm about liberty, real estate
There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.
Quote by Erich Fromm about activity, love
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.
Quote by Erich Fromm about life, man
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.
Quote by Erich Fromm about death, bitter, idea
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.
Quote by Erich Fromm about hope, moment
We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them.
Quote by Erich Fromm about opinion, things, world
What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal.
Quote by Erich Fromm about nation, being, culture, sex, people
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.
Quote by Erich Fromm about happiness, air, joy, suffering, moment, love, life
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age.
Quote by Erich Fromm about society, education, children, age, olderness
