the anxiety arising from the perpetual activity of the death instinct, though never eliminated, is counteracted and kept at bay by the power of the life instinct.

Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother.

The root of creativity is found in the need to repair the good object destroyed during the depressive phase.

God has put something noble and good into every heart his hand has created. So while living on earth we must always remember to learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow because time will only show what has mattered throughout our journey.

Feminism freed my mind. Yoga freed my body. It's one thing to intellectualize self-love and another to embody it.

The highly ambitious person, in spite of all his successes, always remains dissatisfied, in the same way as a greedy baby is never satisfied.

My psycho-analytic work has convinced me that when in the baby's mind the conflicts between love and hate arise, and the fears of losing the loved one become active, a very important step is made in development.