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Erich Fromm Quotes: Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
         

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.


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Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'



Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.



It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.



Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.



Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.



Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.



The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.



The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.



The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.



To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.





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If you have to ask yourself if it's love, it's not.

If you have to ask yourself if it's love, it's not.



A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.



The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.

The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.



I grew up watching Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer.

I grew up watching Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer.



The New Englanders, by their canting, whining and insinuating tricks, have persuaded the rest of the colonies that the government is going to make absolute slaves of them.

The New Englanders, by their canting, whining and insinuating tricks, have persuaded the rest of the colonies that the government is going to make absolute slaves of them.



The important thing is, you have to have something important to say about the world.

The important thing is, you have to have something important to say about the world.



Be happy! God sees in you another God. God sees you as another God. God sees you and He as One.

Be happy! God sees in you another God. God sees you as another God. God sees you and He as One.



I never looked around me because it might freak me out, because if you're up on a mountain you don't wanna like, look down.

I never looked around me because it might freak me out, because if you're up on a mountain you don't wanna like, look down.




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