The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the socialprocess which creates man.
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Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.
That man can destroy life is just as miraculous a feat as that he can create it, for life is the miracle, the inexplicable. In the act of destruction, man sets himself above life; he transcends himself as a creature. Thus, the ultimate choice for a man, inasmuch as he is driven to transcend himself, is to create or to destroy, to love or to hate.
This quote is just one of 19 total Erich Fromm quotes in our collection. Erich Fromm is known for saying 'The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.' as well as some of the following quotes.