There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. Erich Fromm Read Quote
To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime. Erich Fromm Read Quote
If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism. Erich Fromm Read Quote
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. Erich Fromm Read Quote
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Erich Fromm Read Quote
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother’s side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. Erich Fromm Read Quote
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. Erich Fromm Read Quote