Erik Erikson Quotes

Erik Erikson — American Psychologist born on June 15, 1902, died on May 12, 1994

Erik Homburger Erikson was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. He may be most famous for coining the phrase identity crisis. His son, Kai T. Erikson, is a noted American sociologist... (wikipedia)

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

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.

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.

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.

Every adult, whether he is a follower or a leader, a member of a mass or of an elite, was once a child. He was once small. A sense of smallness forms a substratum in his mind, ineradicably. His triumphs will be measured against this smallness; his defeats will substantiate it.

Erik Erikson Quotes

Login with