In the dominant Western religious system, the love of God is essentially the same as the belief in God, in Godโs existence, Godโs justice, Godโs love. The love of God is essentially a thought experience. In the Eastern religions and in mysticism, the love of God is an intense feeling experience of oneness, inseparably linked with the expression of this love in every act of living.
Erich FrommThe kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone.
Erich FrommModern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.
Erich FrommIn fact, there are very important writings of Marx which are not even translated into English.
Erich FrommFor the most part, biophiliacs,lovers of life, are found among simple people, without pretensions.
Erich FrommThe spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself sufficiently against it. Those who are seriously concerned with love as the only rational answer to the problem of human existence must, then, arrive at the conclusion that important and radical changes in our social structure are necessary, if love is to become a social and not a highly individualistic, marginal phenomenon.
Erich Fromm