1900 - 1980
Erich Fromm (1900–1980) was a German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher. He is known for his influential works on the nature of love, human freedom, and the intersection of psychology and society, including books like "Escape from Freedom" and "The Art of Loving." Fromm's writings often explored the impact of modern capitalism on human behavior and the importance of individual self-realization within societal structures.
The more a person realizes the dignity of the soul, the less they find themselves in conflict with others.
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.
While every human being has a capacity for love, its realization is one of the most difficult achievements.
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
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.
Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love.