When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age. Erik Erikson 40sagecycle share on social
There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding, which constitutes a new hope and a new responsibility for all. Erik Erikson childconstitutehope Change image and share on social
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. Erik Erikson childdeathelder Change image and share on social
Nobody likes to be found out, not even one who has made ruthless confession a part of his profession. Any autobiographer, therefore, at least between the lines, spars with his reader and potential judge. Erik Erikson autobiographerconfessionfind share on social
He who is ashamed would like to force the world not to look at him, not to notice his exposure. He would like to destroy the eyes of the world. Erik Erikson ashameddestroyexposure Change image and share on social
In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity. Erik Erikson aliveexistencefelt Change image and share on social
Parents must not only have certain ways of guiding by prohibition and permission, they must also be able to represent to the child a deep, almost somatic conviction that there is meaning in what they are doing. Erik Erikson childconvictiondeep share on social
We cannot leave history entirely to nonclinical observers and to professional historians. Erik Erikson historianhistoryleave Change image and share on social
Man's true taproots are nourished in the sequence of generations, and he loses his taproots in disrupted developmental time, not in abandoned localities. Erik Erikson abandondevelopmentaldisrupt Change image and share on social
