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Erich Seligmann Fromm (, German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈfʁɔm]; March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United States. He was one of the founders of the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology in New York City and was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.

Quotes from Erich Fromm

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

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In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.

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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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If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?

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Rather than be confronted with an overwhelming proof of the limitations of our understanding, we accuse the dreams of not making sense.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

Man's main task is to give birth to himself.

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.