Author of quotes: Erich Fromm. Page 12

The first human need, whether leper or convict, or outcast of the sick, to find a comrade-in-fate. Desiring to quench this feeling, man squanders all his strength, all his power, all the ardor of the soul.

The unhappy fate of many people - a consequence of their choices undone. They are neither alive nor dead. Life is a burden, pointless occupation, and the case - only a means of protection from torment of existence in the realm of shadows.

... Neurotic can be described as a person who has not surrendered in the struggle for self.

Our moral problem is the indifference of man to himself.

Love - the answer to the problem of human existence.

Human history begins with the act of disobedience that at the same time, it is the beginning of liberation and intellectual development.

... It is the desire for power is the most characteristic form of manifestation of sadism.

If I love another person, I feel unity with him, but for what it is, not as I would like.

There is hardly any activity, any activity that would begin with such tremendous hopes and expectations and which still endured, would collapse with such permanence as love.

For man everything is important, except his own life and the art of living. It exists for almost anything, but not for himself.

The choice between life and death rather imaginary than real; but real human choice between good life and bad.

Disease - in essence not that other, as desire of what is not worth wanting.

Rich not the one who has a lot, but one who gives much.

If I really love a man, I love all people, I love peace, I love life. If I can tell someone "I love you", I should be able to say "I love you", "love through you the world I love in you myself."