"The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born when we die - although it is the tragic fate of most individuals to die before they are born."
Erich Fromm was a German-born social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher associated with the Frankfurt School. Born in Frankfurt in 1900, he developed influential ideas on freedom, authority, and human needs in modern society. He died in Muralto, Switzerland, on 1980-03-18.