But not only medicine, engineering, and painting are arts; living itself is an art in fact, the most important and at the same time the most difficult and complex art to be practiced by man.
Erich FrommUnderstanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.
Erich FrommHuman history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the same time the beginning of his freedom and the development of his reason.
Erich FrommThe manual worker does not have to sell his personality. He doesn't have to sell his smile.
Erich FrommRespect is not fear and awe; it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.
Erich Fromm