Erich Fromm “Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'” Erich Fromm View all quotes by Erich Fromm →
“Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.” Erich Fromm
“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” Erich Fromm
“The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.” Erich Fromm
