Erich Fromm

Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. ”

The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man. ”

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? ”

Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture. ”

To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime. ”

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. ”

Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. ”