The American feels too rich in his opportunities for free expression that he often no longer knows what he is free from. Neither does he know where he is not free; he does not recognize his native autocrats when he sees them.

In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.

You can actively flee, then, and you can actively stay put.

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.

Hope is the enduring belief in the attainability of fervent wishes, in spite of the dark urges and rages which mark the beginning of existence. Hope is the ontogenetic basis of faith, and is nourished by the adult faith which pervades patterns of care.

Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.

Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact ... the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.