More quotes by Erich Fromm

"Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'"
"To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime."
"Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies."
"Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."
"In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two."