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If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?

Erich Fromm , Psychologist
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Erich Fromm was a renowned psychologist and philosopher, known for his influential theories on human behavior, love, and society. His writings continue to be studied and appreciated in the fields of psychology and philosophy.

Erich Fromm Quotes to Explore

If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?...
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots....
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....
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved....
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal....
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardiz...
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?...
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail....
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 pr...
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers....

Brainy Quotes to Explore

An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, o...
I always knew I was brainy. It struck me when I was a child that I wanted to be an adult because I never felt I belonged among children whose minds we...
The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught....
The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of H...
I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing ...
Starting probably with Janeane Garofalo and that era of stand-up ladies who were starting to be more brainy and strong and clever, guys started notici...
Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive....
Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reass...
I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the footbal...
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts....