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.
Erich FrommIn the dream, sheltered from the noise, the subject expressed a judgment much more on the mark than that manifested in wakefulness.
Erich FrommI only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion.
Erich FrommIf I perceive in another person mainly the surface, I perceive mainly the differences,that which separates us. If I penetrate to the core, i perceive our identity, the fact of our brotherhood. This relatedness from center to center - instead of that from periphery to periphery - is 'central relatedness'.
Erich Fromm