What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. – Erich Fromm
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind – not the fiend or the sadist. – Erich Fromm
Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market. – Erich Fromm
Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of ones own self. – Erich Fromm