Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous. Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.


The Art of Loving (ed. Open Road Media, 2013) - ISBN: 9781480402003

Erich Fromm Quotes

Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened...

Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened...

Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened...

Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened...