Quotes by Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche

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We are a society of notoriously unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive, dependent — people who are glad — Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
The supremacy of cerebral, manipulative thinking goes together with an atrophy of emotional life. — Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
If the religious system does not correspond to the prevalent social character, if it conflicts with the social practice — Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
They have their big, ever-changing egos, but none has a self, a core, a sense of identity. — Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
Those who unconsciously despair yet put on the mask of optimism are not necessarily wise. But those who have not given u — Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
The deepest yearning of human beings seems to be a constellation in which the two poles (motherliness and fatherliness, — Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
But a map is not enough as a guide for action; we also need a goal that tells us where to go. Animals have no such probl — Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche