Quotes by the great philosopher Erich Fromm

If I love, I take care, that is, I actively participate in the development and happiness of the other, I mean I am not a spectator.

The purpose of man - is to be himself, and the condition to achieve this goal is to be a man for yourself. Not self-denial, not selfishness, but self-love, not the denial of individuality - but the confirmation of one's own: these are the true superior goals of humanitarian ethics.

Life has no other meaning than the one we give each one, with all the force we are capable of.

If man can live without imposing, non-automatic, but spontaneous, then he becomes aware of himself as a creative personality and understands that life has one meaning - life itself.

We are what we have induced ourselves and what others have induced us to do.

Happiness is not a divine gift, but an achievement that man acquires through his inner work.

For man everything is important in addition to his own life and the art of living. He lives for any gift but not for himself.

Only a sensitive man can not refrain from profound sorrow for the stranded tragedies of life. And joy, and sadness - are unavoidable experiences of the lively man.