Erik Erikson Quotes

‘In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.’ – Erik Erikson

‘The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.’ – Erik Erikson

‘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

‘I am what survives of me.’ – Erik Erikson

‘Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom.’ – Erik Erikson

‘You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a word. You can see how he solves his problems. You can also see what’s wrong. Young children, especially, have enormous creativity, and whatever’s in them rises to the surface in free play.’ – Erik Erikson

‘We are what we love.’ – Erik Erikson

‘The way you ‘take history’ is also a way of ‘making history.” – Erik Erikson

‘Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.’ – Erik Erikson

‘A man’s conflicts represent what he ‘really’ is.’ – Erik Erikson