Erich Fromm
“To have faith means to dare, to think the unthinkable, yet to act within the limits of the realistically possible.”
“Love is an activity; it is not a passive affect. It is a 'standing in,' not a 'falling for.'”
“A humanist has four leading characteristics — curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.”
“There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.”
“Man is the only animal that can be bored, that can be discontented.”
“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”
“The successful revolutionary is a statesman; the unsuccessful one a criminal.”
“Human history began with an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.”
“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.”
“Immature love says: I love you because I need you. Mature love says: I need you because I love you.”
“Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.”
“The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning.”
“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.”