Erich Fromm Quotes

I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't.

In society, we have to earn other things of import like trust, respect, money, education, careers, status and etc., so naturally, we find ourselves attempting to earn love, acceptance and validation along with that. Here's the trip: we do it at the cost of other people and, more importantly, ourselves.

Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it.

Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer.

Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.

Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.

It's such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.

Actors fall into this trap if they missed being loved for who they really were and not for what they could do - sing, dance, joke about - then they take that as love.

We [people] love ourselves with conditions. We need opinions, we need approval, we create an image of ourselves that is not what we are. This how we lose our authenticity and create masks - how we become "domesticated."

I am loved and accepted exactly how I am, right here and right now.

It's nice when people love you....for you.

A lot of people say if you can't love yourself, then you can't love others. It's always different, but I definitely have loved a lot in my life.

There are people in the world who 1,000% will love you just the way you are. So no matter what, keep that in mind.

It's what we all wanted when we were children- to be loved and accepted exactly as we were then, not when we got taller or thinner or prettier...and we still want it... but we aren't going to get it from other people until we can get it from ourselves.

I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.

Here's the thing, men have to also mature in how they see women, too. Because they need to understand that it's not just about how we look, it's about who we are. And I am going to tell you like this, 'If you can't love me with short hair, and you telling me I got to have long hair to be loved, guess what, I ain't the one for you.'

Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.

When I see that my geek may have contained some of the best parts of me, when I love and appreciate him, I set my children free to see themselves as lovable however they are.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

You deserve love and you'll get it.

It's hard for me to accept love. I wish I could lie to you and tell you that it's easy for me, but it's not.

Allowing myself to love God completely has obviously shed light on my self-love because he loves me more than I could ever love myself.

I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.