Quotes by Erich Fromm, The Sane Society

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The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
Man can attempt to become one with the world by submission to a person, to a group, to an institution, to God. In this w — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane. — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
We consume, as we produce, without any concrete relatedness to the objects with which we deal; We live in a world of thi — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
We... have created a greater material wealth than any other society in the history of the human race. Yet we have manage — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
Both the mentally healthy and the neurotic are driven by the need to find an answer [to the problem of human existence], — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
It is the task of the "science of man" to arrive eventually at a correct description of what deserves to be called human — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
Each new step into his new human existence is frightening. It always means to give up a secure state, which was relative — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
Why should anyone be so grateful for acceptance unless he doubts that he is acceptable, and why should a young, educated — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so man — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
What kind of men, then, does our society need? What is the "social character" suited to twentieth century Capitalism? It — Erich Fromm, The Sane Society