Family Quote by Edwin H Friedman

“the major relational problem for our species is not getting together; protoplasm loves to join. The problem is preserving self in a close relationship.…

— Edwin H Friedman

“the key to survival is the ability of the “host” to recognize and limit the invasiveness of its viral or malignant components.”

— Edwin H Friedman

The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence.

— Edwin H Friedman

“while the modern, human animal is capable of deep thought and, like its mammalian forebears, can nurture and play, it also is capable of…

— Edwin H Friedman

“no one has ever gone from slavery to freedom with the slaveholders cheering them on,”

— Edwin H Friedman

Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard.…

— Edwin H Friedman

“any community or family discussion, those who are the first to introduce concern for empathy feel powerless, and are trying to use the togetherness…

— Edwin H Friedman

“A “new world” view of the brain suggests instead that communication is itself an emotional phenomenon that depends on three interrelational rather than “mental”…

— Edwin H Friedman

A major criterion for judging the anxiety level of any society is the loss of its capacity to be playful.

— Edwin H Friedman

Attitudes are the real figures of speech.

— Edwin H Friedman

“the “old world” view separates data from emotional process and focuses leaders on the “talking heads” of others, while the “new world” view focuses…

— Edwin H Friedman

Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the…

— Edwin H Friedman