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Quote by Erich Fromm
We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is

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

Other quotes by Erich Fromm

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. – Erich Fromm

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Adversity
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Erich Fromm
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What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. – Erich Fromm

Category:
Recognition
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Erich Fromm
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We all dream we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake. – Erich Fromm

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Dreams
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Consumerism
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He who buys what he does not need steals from himself. – Author Unknown

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Consumerism

It all depends on whether you have things, or they have you. – Robert A. Cook

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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. – Francis H. Bradley

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Consumerism

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. – Edward Abbey

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Consumerism

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In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self Reliance,” Essays, 1841

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The idea is, if I cant heal from my art, then how can you heal? – Maynard James Keenan

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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. – Erma Bombeck

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Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life. – John Muir

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