Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.
Erich FrommIn our enthusiasm to dominate nature and to produce more material good - goods - we have transformed means into ends.
Erich FrommAnother nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one's own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every action of the enemy is judged by one standard - every action of oneself by another. Even good deeds by the enemy are considered a sign of particular devilishness, meant to deceive us and the world, while our bad deeds are necessary and justified by our noble goals, which they serve.
Erich Fromm