Erich Fromm

Quotes

• “Immature love says: “I love you because I need you.” Mature love says: “I need you because I love you.””

• “Human history began with an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.”

• “In erotic love, two people who were separate become one. In motherly love, two people who were one become separate.”

• “To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.”

• “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”

Books by Erich Fromm in order

Books by Erich Fromm in the order they were published, from The Crisis of Psychoanalysis (1932) to On Disobedience and Other Essays (1981).

1. 1The Crisis of PsychoanalysisThe Crisis of Psychoanalysis1932
2. 2The Fear of FredomThe Fear of Fredom1941
3. 3Man for Him SelfMan for Him Self1947
4. 4Psychoanalysis and ReligionPsychoanalysis and Religion1950
5. 5The Forgotten LanguageThe Forgotten Language1951
6. 6The Sane SocietyThe Sane Society1955
7. 7The Art of LovingThe Art of Loving1956
8. 8Zen Buddhism & PsychoanalysisZen Buddhism & Psychoanalysis1960
9. 9Marx's Concept of ManMarx's Concept of Man1961
10. 10The Heart of ManThe Heart of Man1964
11. 11The Nature of ManThe Nature of Man1968
12. 12The Revolution of HopeThe Revolution of Hope1968
13. 13The Anatomy of Human DestructivenessThe Anatomy of Human Destructiveness1973
14. 14To Have or to Be?To Have or to Be?1976
15. 15Greatness and Limitations of Freud's ThoughtGreatness and Limitations of Freud's Thought1980
16. 16The Working Class in Weimar GermanyThe Working Class in Weimar Germany1980
17. 17On Disobedience and Other EssaysOn Disobedience and Other Essays1981
    What's in it (9)

    • Values, Psychology, and Human Existence
    • Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem
    • The Application of Humanist Psychoanalysis to Marx's Theory
    • Prophets and Priests
    • Let Man Prevail
    • Humanist Socialism
    • The Psychological Aspects of Guaranteed Income
    • The Case for Unilateral Disarmamament
    • The Psychological Problems of Aging
18. 18For the Love of LifeFor the Love of Life
19. 19Love, Sexuality, and MatriarchyLove, Sexuality, and Matriarchy
20. 20On Being HumanOn Being Human
21. 21Sevme SanatiSevme Sanati
22. 22The Art of BeingThe Art of Being
23. 23The Art of ListeningThe Art of Listening
24. 24The Erich Fromm ReaderThe Erich Fromm Reader