In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.
Erik EriksonBabies 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.
Erik EriksonLet us face it: 'deep down' nobody in his right mind can visualize his own existence without assuming that he has always lived and will live hereafter.
Erik EriksonIf one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially constructed by the time childhood is over, but as always in its essence developing, then life at 25 or 30 or at the gateway to middle age will stimulate its own intrigue, surprise, and exhilaration of discovery.
Erik Erikson