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Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving Quotes: Only in the love of those who do not serve a purpose, love begins to unfold.
         

Only in the love of those who do not serve a purpose, love begins to unfold.


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People think that to love is simple, but that to find the right object to love - or to be loved by - is difficult.

People think that to love is simple, but that to find the right object to love - or to be loved by - is difficult.



While we teach knowledge, we are losing that teaching which is the most important one for human development: the teaching which can only be given by the simple presence of a mature, loving person.

While we teach knowledge, we are losing that teaching which is the most important one for human development: the teaching which can only be given by the simple presence of a mature, loving person.



Love is a power which produces love.

Love is a power which produces love.



Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love. Where this active concern is lacking, there is no love.

Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love. Where this active concern is lacking, there is no love.



Psychology as a science has its limitations, and, as the logical consequence of theology is mysticism, so the ultimate consequence of psychology is love.

Psychology as a science has its limitations, and, as the logical consequence of theology is mysticism, so the ultimate consequence of psychology is love.



To be concentrated means to live fully in the present, in the here and now, and not to think of the next thing to be done, while I am doing something right now.

To be concentrated means to live fully in the present, in the here and now, and not to think of the next thing to be done, while I am doing something right now.



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What a person considers the minimal necessities depends as much on his character as it depends on his actual possessions.



The only way in which the world can be grasped ultimately lies, not in thought, but in the act, in the experience of oneness.

The only way in which the world can be grasped ultimately lies, not in thought, but in the act, in the experience of oneness.



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Equality today means "sameness" rather than "oneness".





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