To keep ourselves totally apart so as not to become sullied is the most sullied thing of all. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
The deepest need of man is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of his aloneness. | |
— Erich Fromm | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | In My Room (2) |
2017 | Pretending |
2016 | And Songs Too… |
2015 | On The Road To Failure |
2014 | Each Moment |
2013 | Conversation |
2012 | 4 Down, 11 Done (At Last) |
I’m Not Afraid | |
2011 | Who’s Risk Is It, Anyway? |
Posts Tagged ‘Erich Fromm’
From My Sullied Prison
Posted in Included Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Videos, tagged Aloneness, Deepest Need, Erich Fromm, I Am A Rock, Included Video, Leo Tolstoy, Music Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Simon And Garfunkel, YouTube on February 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Four Loves
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Erich Fromm, Love, Philosophy, Quotes on September 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Infantile love follows the principle: “I love because I am loved.“ | |
Mature love follows the principle: “I am loved because I love.” | |
Immature love says, “I love you because I need you.“ | |
Mature love says: “I need you because I love you.“ | |
— Erich Fromm | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Faith In Science |
2016 | What The World Calls |
2015 | Say What? |
2014 | Start Today |
2013 | Fly!! |
2012 | Greater Love |
2011 | Before |
Giving Much
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Being Rich, Erich Fromm, Giving, My Journal, Quotes on July 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
In the sphere of material things, giving means being rich. Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. | |
— Erich Fromm | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Sounds Like Class |
2015 | Inert Ideas |
2014 | Worth Anything? |
2013 | Bruises Before Bed (Or Why You Didn’t Answer) |
Revealed Riches | |
2012 | Extra Gears |
2011 | Say What? |
2010 | Hello Frogs… |
History Favors The Victor
Posted in History, Quotes, tagged Erich Fromm, History, On Statesmen, On Success, Quotes on May 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. | ||
— Erich Fromm | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2015 | This We’ll Leave Them | |
2014 | Sounds Like Faux News To Me | |
2013 | Reasons | |
2012 | American Libertarianism | |
2011 | The Goal | |