Quote

When people can't handle God any more, they turn to religion.

Erich Fromm

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Erich Fromm
Age: 79 †
Born: 1900
Born: March 23
Died: 1980
Died: March 18
Philosopher
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Frankfurt/Main
Turns
Religion
People
Handle
Turn

More quotes by Erich Fromm

Image
As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.
Erich Fromm
Image
If you take a salesman, who sells a useless commodity, he feels like a fraud.
Erich Fromm
Image
All genuine ideals have one thing in common: they express the desire for something which is not yet accomplished but which is desirable for the purpose of the growth and happiness of the individual.
Erich Fromm
Image
Man absolutely cannot live by himself.
Erich Fromm
Image
I would define myself as a Marxian, and that means of course also as a humanist.
Erich Fromm
Image
I need you because I love you.
Erich Fromm
Image
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
Erich Fromm
Image
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
Erich Fromm
Image
Productive work, love and thought are possible only if a person can be, when necessary, quiet and alone. To be able to listen to oneself is the necessary condition for relating oneself to others.
Erich Fromm
Image
In times of change, learners inherit the earth
Erich Fromm
Image
Boredom is nothing but the experience of a paralysis of our productive powers.
Erich Fromm
Image
Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate.
Erich Fromm
Image
We talk about equality, about happiness, about freedom - and about the spiritual values of religion, and about God - and in our daily life, we act on principles which are different, and partly contradictory.
Erich Fromm
Image
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.
Erich Fromm
Image
Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way but only almost.
Erich Fromm
Image
Love is not easy. All great religions postulate love as one of the greatest accomplishments. If it were that easy, or as easy as most people think, certainly, the great religious leaders would have been rather naive.
Erich Fromm
Image
The only concern which I have today is that we have a policy, a foreign policy, which enables us to avoid a catastrophe which, if one understands it properly, is indescribable.
Erich Fromm
Image
Ger-mans love the ambiguous word, verbal assonances as ends in themselves,vague concepts. Anglosaxons are more clear.
Erich Fromm
Image
The existential split in man would be unbearable could he not establish a sense of unity within himself and with the natural and human world outside.
Erich Fromm
Image
What is for me socialism is exactly the opposite of a bureaucratically-managed culture.
Erich Fromm