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Erich Fromm Quotes: Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love.
         

Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love.


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Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'



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

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



It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.



Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.



Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.



Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.



The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.



The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.



The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.

The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis.



To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.





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I take a jazz class and I also take just a regular exercise class with a man who gives me acupressure treatments. It's just stretching and elongating the muscles.

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One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You sit them on the bench, and they come around pretty good.

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As a filmmaker, I've had films that over-achieved and I've had films that under-achieved. You always go in trying to do your very best.



After Bruno Walter, my career went in leaps and bounds. I have had 35 years of a career that is just incredible, and a wonderful time all over the world.

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It ain't so much what a man doesn't know that causes him so many problems, but what he knows that ain't so.

It ain't so much what a man doesn't know that causes him so many problems, but what he knows that ain't so.




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