Erich Fromm Identity Quotations

If I perceive in another person mainly the surface, I perceive mainly the differences,that which separates us. If I penetrate to the core, i perceive our identity, the fact of our brotherhood. This relatedness from center to center - instead of that from periphery to periphery - is 'central relatedness'.

Integrity simply means not violating one's own identity.

Man may be defined as the animal that can say ''I,'' that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity, in the many ways in which such violation is possible.

The member of a primitive clan might express his identity in the formula "I am we"; he cannot yet conceive of himself as an "individual," existing apart from his group.