To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is... - Erich Fromm
"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."
More quotes by Erich Fromm
"Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence."
"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."
"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."
"Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the person to the whole world as a whole, not toward one object of love"