Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you. Alice Miller breakcollegedare Change image and share on social
The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves. Alice Miller characterchilddefend Change image and share on social
A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world. Alice Miller childcircumstanceconcern share on social
There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all. Alice Miller benefitconfrontpast Change image and share on social
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue. Alice Miller criticizefriendhold Change image and share on social
Today I should not be identified with any kind of regressive therapy. Alice Miller identifykindregressive Change image and share on social
We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood. Alice Miller childhooddestructivepeople Change image and share on social
It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person. Alice Miller allowchildhooddifficult share on social
The results of any traumatic experience, such as abuse, can only be resolved by experiencing, articulating, and judging every facet of the original experience within a process of careful therapeutic disclosure. Alice Miller abusearticulatecareful share on social
