erich fromm

“ Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. ”

“ Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. ”

“ Independent of others and in concert with others, your main task in life is to do what you can best do and become what you can potentially be. ”

“ You have to stop in order to change direction. ”

“ The basic for any approach to self-transformation is an ever-increasing awareness of reality and the shedding of illusions. ”

“ The aim of life is to be fully born, though its tragedy is that most of us die before we are thus born. ”

“ Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for ones country which is not part of ones love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship. ”

“ There is nothing of which we are more ashamed than of not being ourselves. ”

“ Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows 'what he wants,' while he actually wants what he is supposed to want. ”

“ There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself. ”