Quote by Erich Fromm
What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essential

What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. – Erich Fromm

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There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. – Erich Fromm

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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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The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind – not the fiend or the sadist. – Erich Fromm

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Im shopping around for something to do that no one will like. – Jerry Garcia

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I would jump down Etna for any public good — but I hate a mawkish popularity. – John Keats

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Whatever is popular deserves attention. – James Mackintosh

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Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. – Margaret Fuller

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