Quote by Erich Fromm
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breat

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. – Erich Fromm

Other quotes by Erich Fromm

Mans main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality. – Erich Fromm

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Personality
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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. – Erich Fromm

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Art
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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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I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. Id seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it. – Bryan Adams

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A problem is a chance for you to do your best. – Duke Ellington

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I guess if you take away the pain in life it means having no beauty to hope for. – Daniel, @blindedpoet

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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. – Steven Kloves, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)

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When thou standest still from thinking and willing of self, the eternal hearing, seeing, and speaking will be revealed to thee, and so God heareth and seeth through thee. Thine own hearing, willing, and seeing hindereth thee, that thou dost not see nor hear God. – Jacob Boehme

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The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who dont do anything about it. – Albert Einstein

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The key to enjoying the moment is to always carry a list of “Things I Gotta Do That Can Wait.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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