How one can live without being able to judge oneself, criticize what one has accomplished, and still enjoy what one does, is unimaginable to me.
Anna FreudThings are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.
Anna FreudIt is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.
Anna Freud