Fromm

Famous quotes containing the word fromm:

“Man may be defined as the animal that can say “I,” that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)

“The mother’s and father’s attitudes toward the child correspond to the child’s own needs.... Mother has the function of making him secure in life, father has the function of teaching him, guiding him to cope with those problems with which the particular society the child has been born into confronts him.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)

“Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)