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Integrity simply means not violating one's own identity.

Integrity simply means not violating one's own identity.

Erich Fromm
Integrity, Mean, Identity

If I perceive in another person mainly the surface, I perceive mainly the differences,that which separates us. If I penetrate to the core, i perceive our identity, the fact of our brotherhood. This relatedness from center to center - instead of that from periphery to periphery - is 'central relatedness'.

Erich Fromm
Differences, Brotherhood, Identity
Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.52, Open Road Media

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity, in the many ways in which such violation is possible.

Erich Fromm
Integrity, Mean, Identity
Erich Fromm (2011). “The Revolution of Hope”, p.92, Lantern Books

Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.

Erich Fromm
Animal, Men, Identity
Erich Fromm (2013). “The Sane Society”, p.70, Open Road Media

The member of a primitive clan might express his identity in the formula "I am we"; he cannot yet conceive of himself as an "individual," existing apart from his group.

Erich Fromm
Responsibility, Independence, Identity
Erich Fromm (2013). “Sane Society Ils 252”, p.61, Routledge

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