Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? – Erich Fromm
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. – Erich Fromm
Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world. – Erich Fromm
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind – not the fiend or the sadist. – Erich Fromm