Quote by Erich Fromm
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of t

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots. – Erich Fromm

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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. – Erich Fromm

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Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market. – Erich Fromm

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Love
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The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. – Erich Fromm

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Im really not interested in other peoples opinions, because I think frankly most of those opinions are either misinformed and adding to this endless ball of hot air we have in our society where everyone thinks their opinion is valuable and sacred and what counts. – H. G. Bissinger

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Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. – Samuel Johnson

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My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak. – John le Carre

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A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs. – John Charles Polanyi

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I get half a million just to show up at parties. My life is, like, really, really fun. – Paris Hilton

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