The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots. – Erich Fromm
Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of ones own self. – Erich Fromm
Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world. – Erich Fromm
In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead. – Erich Fromm