It is an essential part of the interpretive work that it should keep in step with fluctuations between love and hatred, between happiness and satisfaction on the one hand and persecutory anxiety and depression on the other. — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
Feminism freed my mind. Yoga freed my body. It's one thing to intellectualize self-love and another to embody it. — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
It is characteristic of the emotions of the very young infant that they are of an extreme and powerful nature. — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find in even very young children a capacity… — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
Although psychology and pedagogy have always maintained the belief that a child is a happy being without any conflicts, and have assumed that the… — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
“The repeated attempts that have been made to improve humanity - in particular to make it more peacable - have failed, because nobody has… — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
The root of creativity is found in the need to repair the good object destroyed during the depressive phase. — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother. — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
My psycho-analytic work has convinced me that when in the baby's mind the conflicts between love and hate arise, and the fears of losing… — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
The highly ambitious person, in spite of all his successes, always remains dissatisfied, in the same way as a greedy baby is never satisfied. — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
the anxiety arising from the perpetual activity of the death instinct, though never eliminated, is counteracted and kept at bay by the power of… — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
It is an essential part of the interpretive work that it should keep in step with fluctuations between love and hatred, between happiness and… — Melanie Klein Copy Share Image
