Author of quotes: Erich Fromm. Page 13

Awareness of their loneliness and ujedinenija, of his helplessness before the forces of nature and society makes it disjointed, shattered existence an unbearable prison. The experience of ujedinenija alarming; moreover, it is the source of all anxiety. To be disconnected means to be cut off, without any possibilities to use their human strength. Therefore, it means to be helpless, unable to actively influence the world - things and people that mean the world can invade me, but I am not able to respond.

In the past the danger was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

To have faith in another person means to be confident in the reliability and immutability of his fundamental attitudes, of the very essence of his personality, of his love.

Love for someone is not just a strong feeling, this determination is a reasonable choice, this promise.

No man can be a vehicle for the purposes of another person.

Who will save one life it is as if he saved the whole world; he who destroys one life it is as if he destroyed the whole world.

Our society is chronically unhappy, tormented by loneliness and fears, the dependent and the downtrodden, prone to failure and experiencing the joy that they managed to "kill time", which they are constantly trying to save money.

The concept of "being alive" - the concept is not static, but dynamic. Existence is the same as the disclosure of the specific forces of the body. Actualization of potential forces is an inherent property of all organisms. Therefore, the opening up of the potential of man according to the laws of its nature should be seen as the goal of human life

In masochism the individual is impelled to action by the unbearable feeling of loneliness and insignificance. He's trying to overcome this feeling, refusing his "I" (in psychological sense); to do this, he lowers himself, suffering brings herself to an extreme nothingness. But the pain and suffering is not what he seeks; pain and suffering is the price he pays her unconscious in the hope of achieving an unconscious goal. This is a high price; him as a day laborer, getting into bondage, have to pay more and more; and he never receives that, for what paid - inner peace.

Love is the child of freedom, never of domination.

In love the paradox that two beings become one and remain two.

Human happiness today is to be entertained. Including means to receive pleasure from eating, and consumption of goods, spectacles, food, beverages, cigarettes, people, lectures, books, movies - all are consumed, absorbed. The world is one big object for our appetite, a big Apple, a big bottle, a big breast; we are suckers, always something waiting, always something hopeful and eternally disappointed. Our character is geared to exchange and to obtain, sell and consume; all subjects, both spiritual and material, become the object of exchange and consumption. Where it comes to love, the situation corresponds to the necessity of the social nature of modern man. Machines cannot love; they can exchange their "personal packages" and hope for a good deal!

What the need is hidden, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

To take the difficulties, setback and sorrows in life as a challenge, accepting and fending off that we become stronger, and not as an unfair punishment that we deserve, it requires faith and courage.