Adults Quote by Milton H. Erickson

How many of us really appreciate the childishness of the unconscious mind?

— Milton H. Erickson

The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.

— Anonymous

“In most people, the term “consciousness” identifies with that socially conditioned Ego. At a number of people this identification is so powerful that they…

— Frank M. Wanderer

I didn't realize then that so much of being adult is reconciling ourselves with the awkwardness and strangeness of our own feelings. Youth is…

— Douglas Coupland

“To counter our intense cultural conditioning, we must possess a sense of curious engagement to venture into the unconscious. Even though it's a part…

— Robert Waggoner

“It is the tendency of the so-called primitive mind to animate its environment. Modern depth psychology has requested us for years to withdraw these…

— Philip K. Dick

Many adults, whether consciously or unconsciously, find it beneath their adult dignity to do anything as childish as read a book, think a thought,…

— Isaac Asimov

Unconscious means identified totally with thought. You reduce reality to a conceptual reality.

— Eckhart Tolle

Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.

— John Lydon

The mature mind seeks to follow through.

— Harry Allen Overstreet

Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I put away…

— Anonymous

People often think of the unconscious mind as "the gut" or perhaps the Freudian "sink" of repressed sexual desires. It's neither one of those…

— Nick Morgan