There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.
Erich FrommWhen blended with sexuality, the death instinct is transformed into more harmless impulses expressed in sadism or masochism.
Erich FrommPeople think that to love is simple, but that to find the right object to love - or to be loved by - is difficult.
Erich FrommHappiness today, I think, is for most people the satisfaction of the eternal suckling: to drink in more this, that, or the other.
Erich Fromm