
The Art of Loving

spasmodic.
Erich Fromm • The Art of Loving
Besides such exercises, one must learn to be concentrated in everything one does, in listening to music, in reading a book, in talking to a person, in seeing a view. The activity at this very moment must be the only thing that matters, to which one is fully given.
Erich Fromm • The Art of Loving
We are all part of One; we are One. This being so, it should not make any difference whom we love. Love should be essentially an act of will, of decision to commit my life completely to that of one other person.
Erich Fromm • The Art of Loving
her). The awareness of human separation, without reunion by love—is the source of shame. It is at the same time the source of guilt and anxiety.
Erich Fromm • The Art of Loving
infantile self-indulgence.
Erich Fromm • The Art of Loving
Halacha
Erich Fromm • The Art of Loving
Talmudic statement: “Whosoever saves a single life is as if he had saved the whole world; whosoever destroys a single life is as if he had destroyed the whole world.” Equality
Erich Fromm • The Art of Loving
fairness ethics.
Erich Fromm • The Art of Loving
the law of identity which states that A is A, the