Modern man thinks he loses something — time — when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains — except kil… - Erich Fromm

All men are in need of help and depend on one another. Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous. Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.