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

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We are not only less reasonable and less decent in our dreams… we are also more inteligent, wiser and capable of better judgment when we are asleep than when we are awake. – 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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Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. – Erich Fromm

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There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair. – Frank A. Clark

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Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. – Doug Horton

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