Quote by: Erich Fromm

The faculty to think objectively is ; the emotional attitude behind reason is that of . To be objective, to use one's reason, is possible only if one has achieved an attitude of humility, if one has emerged from the dreams of omniscience and omnipotence which one has as a child. Love, being dependent on the relative absence of narcissism, requires the developement of humility, objectivity and reason. I must try to see the difference between picture of a person and his behavior, as it is narcissistically distorted, and the person's reality as it exists regardless of my interests, needs and fears.


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Author Bio


  • NameErich Fromm
  • DescriptionGerman social psychologist and psychoanalyst
  • BornMarch 23, 1900
  • DiedMarch 18, 1980
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionPsychologist; Philosopher
  • AwardsHumanist Of The Year