Man can never stand still. He must find solutions to this contradiction, and ever better solutions to the extent to which reality enables him.
Erich FrommJust as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.
Erich FrommThis Marxian sentence, repeated to the point of boredom, is misinterpreted. In reality [Karl] Marx was a "religious" man.
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