For centuries, our culture conditioned us to “see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving,” which in turn conditioned us to believe that the hardest thing about love is finding the right person to love us, but once we do, love is easy. [Erich] Fromm inverted this equation. […] he observed that the key to love is to treat it not as a noun — a state to be found and possessed — but as a verb — a practice to be mastered.
Authors: Erich Fromm, Maria Popova
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Concepts, Love
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Concepts, Love
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