Alice Miller

Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to the facts. ↗

— Alice Miller

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I was not out to paint beautiful pictures; even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth. ↗

— Alice Miller

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We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood. ↗

— Alice Miller

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The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves. ↗

— Alice Miller

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Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child. ↗

— Alice Miller

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It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought. ↗

— Alice Miller

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There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all. ↗

— Alice Miller

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Today I should not be identified with any kind of regressive therapy. ↗

— Alice Miller

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Nobody is born evil. ↗

— Alice Miller

#evil #nobody