"Hope is both the earliest and the most……" — Erik Erikson
"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired."
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25 Quotes by Erik Erikson
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Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters - where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent…
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Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact ... the family…
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The American feels too rich in his opportunities for free expression that he often no longer knows what he is…
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Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.
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Personality, too, is destiny.
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Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of…
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Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for…
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You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child…
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Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.
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The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.
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We cannot leave history entirely to nonclinical observers and to professional historians.
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I am what survives of me.
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