"Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort.
Love is a power which produces love.
More Erich Fromm quotes
"For despite what some people say, love is not only a sweet falling bound to come and quickly go away.
"In spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money, power-alm...
"Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the perso...
"The cruelty itself is motivated by something deeper: the wish to know the secret of things and of life.
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"Immature love says "I love you because I need you." Mature love says "I need you because I love you."
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"People do not see that the main question is not : "Am I loved?" which is to a large extent the question : "Am I approved of? Am I protected? Am I admi...
"One is not loved accidentally; one’s own power to love produces love - just as being interested makes one interesting. People are concerned with the q...
"Love, experienced thus, is a constant challenge; it is not a resting place, but moving, growing, working together; even when there is harmony or confl...
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"Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains, except kill ...
"Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever...
"Psychology as a science has its limitations, and, as the logical consequence of theology is mysticism, so the ultimate consequence of psychology is lo...