Erik Erikson Quotes
Quotes
Intelligence“Do not mistake a child for his symptom.”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“Nobody likes to be found out, not even one who has made ruthless confession a part of his profession.”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“Children accruing ego identity gains real strength only from wholehearted and consistent recognition of real accomplishment, that is, an achievement that has meaning in their culture.”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ It is true that the first discipline encountered by a young man is the one he must somehow identify with unless he chooses to remain unidentified in his years of need. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ Personality, too, is destiny. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ He who is ashamed would like to force the world not to look at him, not to notice his exposure. He would like to destroy the eyes of the world. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ The American feels too rich in his opportunities for free expression that he often no longer knows what he is free from. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ Adolescents need the freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a word. You can see how he solves his problems. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ The way you, 'take history', is also a way of 'making history'. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ The discipline however, may turn out to be poor ideological fare; poor in view of what, as an individual, he has not yet derived from his childhood problems, and poor in view of the irreversible decisions which begin to crowd in on him. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others. ”
Erik EriksonQuotes
Intelligence“ Play is the most natural method of self-healing that childhood affords. ”
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