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Reason is man's instrument for arriving at the truth, intelligence is man's instrument for manipulating the world more successfully; the former is essentially human, the latter belongs to the animal part of man.
ERICH FROMM, The Sane Society
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
I am convinced that boredom is one of the greatest tortures. If I were to imagine Hell, it would be the place where you were continually bored.
ERICH FROMM, The Dogma of Christ
Boredom is nothing but the experience of a paralysis of our productive powers.
ERICH FROMM, The Sane Society
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."
ERICH FROMM, The Art of Loving
The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do not rebel. But given man’s nature, robots cannot live and remain sane, they become “Golems,” they will destroy their world and themselves because they cannot stand any longer the boredom of a meaningless life.
ERICH FROMM, The Sane Society
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