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Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?..Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire for freedom, an instinctive wish for submission?

Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?..Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire for freedom, an instinctive wish for submission?

Erich Fromm
Men, Wish, Desire
Erich Fromm (2013). “Escape from Freedom”, p.17, Open Road Media

All genuine ideals have one thing in common: they express the desire for something which is not yet accomplished but which is desirable for the purpose of the growth and happiness of the individual.

Erich Fromm
Growth, Desire, Purpose
Erich Fromm (1941). “Escape from Freedom”, Henry Holt & Company

[Sigmund ] Freud assumes that every dream represents the satisfaction of adesire and in the last analysis, of a sexual desire that has its roots in infancy.

Erich Fromm
Dream, Roots, Desire
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Love is active penetration of the other person, in which my desire to know is stilled by union. In the act of fusion I know you, I know myself, I know everybody - and I "know" nothing.

Erich Fromm
Love, Knowledge, Desire
Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.36, Open Road Media

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