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Erich Fromm Quotes: Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.
         

Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.


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



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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.



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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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The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies.



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What in the world would I sing for if I had it all?



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