Quote by Erich Fromm

Just as love is an orientation which refers to all objects and is incompatible with the restriction to one object, so is reason a human faculty which must embrace the whole of the world with which man is confronted.

Just as love is an orientation which refers to all objects a

Summary

This quote suggests that love and reason are similar in that they both transcend boundaries and require a broad perspective. Love cannot be confined to a single person, but rather encompasses all objects or individuals. Similarly, reason is a human faculty that needs to consider and understand the entire world that humans interact with. It implies that love and reason require a comprehensive outlook to fully fulfill their purpose and potential.

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frust

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wa

I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people.

Jennifer Saunders

You are never given a wish without also being given the powe

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

People think it's terribly sad to spend Christmas alone, but

People think it's terribly sad to spend Christmas alone, but it's no sadder, really, than spending any other day alone, is it?

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

W. E. B. Du Bois

There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, t

There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatso

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.

Booth Tarkington

Alcohol/alcoholism

You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.

You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

Leadership Blind Vision Handicap

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end u

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.

Natalie Imbruglia

How, then,' I hear you ask, 'shall I attain my end, whether

How, then,' I hear you ask, 'shall I attain my end, whether it be Christian love, socialism, or American democracy?' Your Christian love and your socialism and your American democracy are what you do each day, your manner of thinking each hour, of embracing your life companion and loving your child; they are your attitude of social responsibility towards your work, and your determination not to become like the crushers of life you so hate.

Life Responsibility Work Love Democracy Christianity Socialism

Who knows? Maybe my life belongs to God. Maybe it belongs to

Who knows? Maybe my life belongs to God. Maybe it belongs to me. But I do know one thing: I'm damned if it belongs to the government.

Life Government