Erich Fromm Quotes About Conscience
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Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can be easily influenced and anticipated. It needs men who feel free and independent, not subject to any authority or principle or conscience-- yet willing to be commanded, to do what is expected of them, to fit into the social machine without friction; who can be guided without force, led without leaders, prompted without aim-- except the one to make good, to be on the move, to function, to go ahead.
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Sleep is often the only occasion in which man cannot silence his conscience; we forget what we knew in our dream.
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The paradoxical and tragic situation of man is that his conscience is weakest when he needs it most.
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