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We have faith in the potentialities of others, of ourselves, and of mankind because, and only to the degree to which, we have experienced the growth of our own potentialities, the reality of growth in ourselves, the

We have faith in the potentialities of others, of ourselves, and of mankind because, and only to the degree to which, we have experienced the growth of our own potentialities, the reality of growth in ourselves, the strength of our own power of reason and love.

Erich Fromm
Love, Reality, Growth
Erich Fromm (2000). “The Art of Loving: The Centennial Edition”, p.113, A&C Black

Exclusive love is a contradiction in itself.

Erich Fromm
Love, Contradiction, Exclusive
Erich Fromm (2013). “Escape from Freedom”, p.120, Open Road Media

Erotic love begins with separateness, and ends in oneness. Motherly love begins with oneness, and leads to separateness.

Erich Fromm
Love, Oneness, Erotic
Erich Fromm (2013). “Sane Society Ils 252”, p.34, Routledge

Just as love is an orientation which refers to all objects and is incompatible with the restriction to one object, so is reason a human faculty which must embrace the whole of the world with which man is confronted.

Erich Fromm
Love, Men, World
Erich Fromm (2013). “Sane Society Ils 252”, p.64, Routledge

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

Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love." Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.

Erich Fromm
Love, Maturity, Immature
Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.46, Open Road Media

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