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There is only one reality: the act of feeling ourselves in the process of making choices.

There is only one reality: the act of feeling ourselves in the process of making choices.

Erich Fromm
Inspirational, Reality, Choices

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
Hate, Men, Choices
Erich Fromm (2013). “Sane Society Ils 252”, p.37, Routledge

Freedom is not a constant attribute which we either "have" or "have not." In fact, there is no such thing as "freedom" except as a word and an abstract concept. There is only one reality: the act of freeing ourselves in the process of making choices. In this process the degree of our capacity to make choices varies with each act, with our practice of life.

Erich Fromm
Reality, Practice, Choices
Erich Fromm (2011). “The Heart of Man”, p.132, Lantern Books

I believe that none can "save" his fellow man by making a choice for him. To help him, he can indicate the possible alternatives, with sincerity and love, without being sentimental and without illusion.

Erich Fromm
Believe, Men, Choices
Erich Fromm (1997). “On Being Human”, p.103, A&C Black

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