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Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

Erich Fromm
Selfish, Love You, Greed
Erich Fromm (2014). “The Erich Fromm Reader: Readings Selected and Edited by Rainer Funk”, p.105, Open Road Media

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

Erich Fromm
Effort, Greed, Needs
Erich Fromm (2013). “Escape from Freedom”, p.121, Open Road Media

Greedhas no satiation point, since its consummation does not fill the inner emptiness, boredom, loneliness, and depression it is meant to overcome.

Erich Fromm
Loneliness, Boredom, Greed
Erich Fromm (2013). “To Have Or To Be?”, p.97, A&C Black

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