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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 personality.

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 personality.

Erich Fromm
Life, Birthday, Character
Man for Himself (1947) ch. 4

A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is established, nobody wants to be an outsider, or indeed an outcast; in order to avoid this risk everybody adapts to the majority, who have in common only their mutual antagonism.

Erich Fromm
Character, Simple, Order
Erich Fromm (2013). “To Have or To Be?”, p.131, Open Road Media

The most important influence on a child is the character of its parents, rather than this or that single event.

Erich Fromm
Children, Character, Parent
Erich Fromm (2013). “The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness”, p.618, Open Road Media

Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the person to the whole world as a whole, not toward one object of love

Erich Fromm
Love, Attitude, Character

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

Erich Fromm
Character, Successful, Battle
Erich Fromm (2013). “The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness”, p.387, Open Road Media

The confusion between temperament and character has had serious consequences for ethical theory. Preferences with regard to differences in temperament are mere matters of subjective taste. But differences in character are ethically of the most fundamental importance.

Erich Fromm
Character, Differences, Confusion
Erich Fromm (2013). “Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics”, p.52, Routledge

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