There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by unfolding of his powers. — Erich Fromm. German-American sociologist and psychoanalyst (1900–1980)
There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.
Immature love says, "I love you because I need you." Mature love says, "I need you because I love you."
To love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person.
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you.'