“The mature response to the problem of existence is love.”

— Erich Fromm, book The Art of Loving

Source: The Art of Loving

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German social psychologist and psychoanalyst 1900–1980

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Immature love says: "I love you because I need you."
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Erich Fromm book The Art of Loving

Source: The Art of Loving

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