Art Of Loving – Quotes

Just as modern mass

Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. Erich Fromm

What most people in

What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. Erich Fromm

Infantile love follows the principle: I love because I am loved. Mature love follows the principle: I am loved because I love. Immature love says: I love you because I need you. Mature love says: I need you because I love you. Erich Fromm

There is perhaps no

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue. Erich Fromm

To respect a person

To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge. Erich Fromm

I need you because

I need you because I love you. Erich Fromm

Love, experienced thus, is

Love, experienced thus, is a constant challenge; it is not a resting place, but a moving, growing, working together; even whether there is harmony or conflict; joy or sadness, is secondary to the fundamental fact that two people experience themselves from the essence of their existence, that they are only one with each other by … Read more

To die is poignantly

To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Erich Fromm

The sadistic person is

The sadistic person is as dependent on the submissive person as the latter is on the former; neither can live without the other. The difference is only that the sadistic person commands, exploits, hurts, humiliates, and that the masochistic person is commanded, exploited, hurt, humiliated. This is a considerable difference in a realistic sense; in … Read more