Erich Fromm's Quote - Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under

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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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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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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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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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