What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. – Erich Fromm
Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines. – Erich Fromm
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
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