Quote by Erich Fromm
Mans main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what

Mans main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality. – Erich Fromm

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In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead. – 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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As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality. – Alexis Carrel

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A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal. – George H. Mead

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