We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.
- Erich Fromm - In Dreams
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Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
- Erich Fromm - In Education
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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 - In Life
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In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.
- Erich Fromm - In Love
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Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'
- Erich Fromm - In Love
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The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
- Erich Fromm - In Politics
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The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.
- Erich Fromm - In Society
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