"The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers."

“Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution.”

“The International Erich Fromm Society”

“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.”

“Erich Fromm Archive at the Marxists.org Internet Archive”

“Psychoanalysis is essentially a theory of unconscious strivings, of resistance, of falsification of reality according to one's subjective needs and expectations.”

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