Erich Fromm

There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself. ”

Man always dies before he is fully born. ”

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him. ”

Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world. ”

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. ”

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. ”

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ”

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. ”

As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask. ”

We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ”