Greed๏ผhas no satiation point, since its consummation does not fill the inner emptiness, boredom, loneliness, and depression it is meant to overcome.
Erich FrommI only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion.
Erich FrommModern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.
Erich FrommIf we begin to say, "Well, maybe we can cope better with the Russians if we also transform ourselves into a managed society, if we, as somebody put it the other day, train our soldiers to be like the Turks, who have fought so bravely in Korea, if we are willing to change our whole way of life for the sake of so-called "survival," then I think we do exactly that which threatens our survival.
Erich Fromm