Erich Fromm Quotes on Freedom
Erich Fromm was a German-Jewish social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanist philosopher associated in his early career with the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research. This page collects quotes attributed to Erich Fromm on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Erich Fromm:
“To love means to commit oneself without guarantee.”
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Attributed to Erich Fromm:
“The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love.”
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Attributed to Erich Fromm:
“Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself.”
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Attributed to Erich Fromm:
“There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.”
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Attributed to Erich Fromm:
“The danger of the past was that men became slaves; the danger of the future is that men may become robots.”