Crucial Quote by Alice Miller

Almost everywhere we find . . . the use of various coercive measures, to rid ourselves as quickly as possible of the child withinus--i.e.,…

— Alice Miller

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of…

— Alice Miller

The art of not experiencing feelings. A child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there who accepts her fully, understands her,…

— Alice Miller

Disrespect is the weapon of the weak

— Alice Miller

“Even if one ultimately risks losing all contact with oneself and merely functioning as a mask, an "as if" personality, there are always drugs,…

— Alice Miller

“Thus he spent his whole life searching for his own truth, but it remained hidden to him because he had learned at a very…

— Alice Miller

“Most people do exactly the opposite. Without realizing that the past is constantly determining their present actions, they avoid learning anything about their history.…

— Alice Miller

People who, as children, were intellectually far beyond their parents and therefore admired by them, but who also therefore had to solve their own…

— Alice Miller

Parents are indeed capable of routinely torturing their children without anyone interceding.

— Alice Miller

Ultimately the body will rebel. Even if it can be temporarily pacified with the help of drugs, cigarettes or medicine, it usually has the…

— Alice Miller

The child has a primary need to be regarded and respected as the person he really is at any given time, and as the…

— Alice Miller

For some years now, there has been proof that the devastating effects of the traumatization of children take their inevitable tollon society--a fact that…

— Alice Miller