Fromm, Erich

"The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal."

"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 kill it."

"Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want." - Escape from Freedom

"Men are born equal but they are also born different." - Escape from Freedom

"The paradoxical - and tragic - situation of man is that his conscience is weakest when he needs it most." - Man for Himself

"The paradoxical - and tragic situation of man is that his conscience is weakest when he needs it most." - Man for Himself