Quote by Erich Fromm
Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that

Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him. – Erich Fromm

Other quotes by Erich Fromm

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mothers side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. – Erich Fromm

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Love
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Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. – Erich Fromm

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Greed
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In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two. – Erich Fromm

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Love
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Other Quotes from
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Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing? – Martin Marty

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Miscellaneous

The private lives of the ancients are now the public sport of the moderns. – Ivor Brown

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Some defeats [are] more triumphant than victories. – Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588

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There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. – James Russell Lowell, Democracy and Other Addresses, 1887

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Random Quotes

Firefighting – one of the few professions left that still makes house calls. – Author Unknown

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. – Phillips Brooks

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Home

I always wanted to work with Michael Jackson. His music will live forever and with technology nowadays… maybe I could. – Jordin Sparks

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Technology

Essentially, Im untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person Im going to be playing. – Christian Bale

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Imagination