Occupation: Psychologist Birth: March 23, 1900 Death: March 18, 1980
A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet 'f….
The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome h….
The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not feel alone and….
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the er….
If other people do not understand our behavior-so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt to dictate to us. If th….
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction..
The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness..
It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it..
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity..
If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?.
Hate is a product of the unfulfilled life..
Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either..
An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality..
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties..
Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it….
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personalit….
A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is….
To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise..
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots..
Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love..
Many psychiatrists and psychologists refuse to entertain the idea that society as a whole may be lacking in sanity. They hold that the problem of men….