Anna Freud

"Mothering is a skill like any other that must be learned."

"The adult has always lived within the constraints of civilization."

"Thought is only a link, the chain is made of acts."

"We cannot selectively numb emotions; when we numb pain, we numb joy as well."

"The strongest people are not those who show strength all the time, but those who are strong enough to be gentle when needed."

"Sometimes silence is more powerful than words."

"The freedom of the child is the freedom to develop."

"Defense mechanisms are the personality's way of protecting itself."

"Play is the work of the child."

"In analysis, the unconscious often knows more than the conscious mind."

"The fear of the unknown is sometimes greater than the fear of the known."

"We are all in need of forgiveness."

"The child must be allowed to grow at his own pace."

"Truth is a property of sentences, not of individual words."

"Aggression is not innate; it is learned and can be unlearned."

"One does not become fully human painlessly."

"The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love."

"Psychoanalysis is a science of the unconscious."

"Authority must be used wisely and with care."

"The unconscious expresses itself in dreams and symptoms."

"Anxiety in children is often a reflection of parental anxiety."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"The mind of a child is like an empty vessel."

"We project onto others what we disown in ourselves."

"The past is not dead; it shapes our present and future."

"Understanding a child means entering into his world."

"War brings out both the worst and best in humanity."

"The gift of childhood is its wonder."

"Transference is the phenomenon where past relationships influence present ones."

"We are shaped by our earliest experiences."