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The affirmation of one's own life, happiness, growth and freedom, is rooted in one's capacity to love.
Erich Fromm
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Erich Fromm
Age: 79 †
Born: 1900
Born: March 23
Died: 1980
Died: March 18
Philosopher
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
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Frankfurt/Main
Affirmation
Rooted
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Growth
Happiness
Freedom
Love
Life
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Mother's love always peace as it not to be acquired nor deserved.
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The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
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The human passions transform man from a mere thing into a hero, into a being that in spite of tremendous handicaps tries to make sense of life.
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For [Sigmund ] Freud, the manifest dream, that is that which we remember after waking,is like a code message, that can be interpreted, provided the right key is avail-able, for example the method of free association.
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them.
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