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Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving Quotes: What a person considers the minimal necessities depends as much on his character as it depends on his actual possessions.
         

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


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Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains, except kill it.

Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains, except kill it.



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.



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.



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.



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

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





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Intellectuals that approach me, only serve to feeding my intellectualism. Imaginists that approach me, only serve to enhancing my Imaginism. It's impossible to feed my I, for I am the Greatest 'I AM.

Intellectuals that approach me, only serve to feeding my intellectualism. Imaginists that approach me, only serve to enhancing my Imaginism. It's impossible to feed my I, for I am the Greatest 'I AM.



Some people succeed not because they have wealth and education, but because they have firm focus.

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I have no other but a woman's reason. I think him so because I think him so.

I have no other but a woman's reason. I think him so because I think him so.



This is not a phone business. This is the smallest video camera, it's the smallest computer, smallest TV.

This is not a phone business. This is the smallest video camera, it's the smallest computer, smallest TV.



Everything was handed to me - looks, fame, wealth, honour, love. I rarely had to fight for anything

Everything was handed to me - looks, fame, wealth, honour, love. I rarely had to fight for anything



We believe in peace. We strongly believe in freedom. Where we see suffering we will help. And rather than try to offset a nation, why not join nations together to achieve kind of big objectives?

We believe in peace. We strongly believe in freedom. Where we see suffering we will help. And rather than try to offset a nation, why not join nations together to achieve kind of big objectives?



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