Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh; an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book--provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people. - Erich Fromm

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Erich Fromm: "Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh; an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book--provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people."

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Action	Appear	Become	Bookprovided
Flesh	Footnote	Groups	Idea
Ideas	Individual	Influence	Into
Lead	Must	Original	Paragraph
People	Place	Powerful	Relevant
Remains	Seed	Soil	Stored

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