Erich Fromm Quotes About Birth

Quotes about: Birth

• Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself.

  Erich Fromm

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Men

  Man for Himself (1947) ch. 4

• 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.

  Erich Fromm

  Life, Birthday, Character

  Man for Himself (1947) ch. 4

• Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.

  Erich Fromm

  Life, Creativity, Mean

• 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.

  Erich Fromm

  Hope, Mean, Birth

  Erich Fromm (2011). “The Revolution of Hope”, p.22, Lantern Books

• The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born when we die.

  Erich Fromm

  Giving, Birth, Individual

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Sane Society Ils 252”, p.26, Routledge

• To live is to be born every minute. Death occurs when birth stops.

  Erich Fromm

  Knowing Who You Are, Birth, Born

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism”, p.19, Open Road Media

• 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. One can judge objectively to what extent a person has succeeded in his task, to what degree he has realized his potentialities. If he has failed in his task, one can recognize this failure and judge it for what it is - a moral failure.

  Erich Fromm

  Men, Giving, Judging

  'Man for Himself' (1947) ch. 4

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