“The repeated attempts that have been made to improve humanity - in particular to make it more peacable - have failed, because nobody has understood the full depth and vigour of the instincts of aggression innate in each individual. Such… — 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
