Home / Quotes / Quote by Erich Fromm

Quote by Erich Fromm

“[Man] has transformed himself into a thing.”

Book:Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis

Work

Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Erich Fromm

Erich Fromm, born on March 23, 1900 in Germany and died on March 18, 1980, was a renowned psychologist. His research covered a wide range of fields including anthropology, philosophy, and religion, particularly known for his studies on human psychology and interpersonal relationships. more

“I know now that revelation is from the self, but from that age-long memoried self, that shapes the elaborate shell of the mollusc and the child in the womb, that teaches the birds to make their nest; and that genius is a crisis that joins that buried self for certain moments to our trivial daily mind.”

Self Genius Revelation

Book:Autobiographies

Source: Autobiographies

“We reflect each other as mirrors do, but there is no need to look at mirrors that distort our reflection.”

Self Universe Self Love Mirrors Self Awareness Self Worth Psychopaths

Author:Elena Goldberg

“I suppose I'm what they call a decadent, one whose spirit is outwardly defined by those sad glimmers of artificial eccentricity that incarnate an anxious and artful soul in unusual words. Yes, I think that's what I am, and that I'm absurd.”

Self Anxiety Absurdity Decadence Eccentricity Artfulness

Book:The Book of Disquiet

Source: The Book of Disquiet

“When I'm in a library, any library, I have the sense of being translated into a purely verbal dimension by a conjuring trick I've never quite understood. I know that my full, true story is there, somewhere on the shelves, and all I need is time and the chance to find it. I never do. My story remains elusive because it is never the definitive story.”