Quote by Erich Fromm
Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under

Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of ones own self. – Erich Fromm

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The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone. – Erich Fromm

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The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man. – 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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