Change Quotes

"Infant development is not linear; it is a dance between attachment and exploration."

"The capacity to change is essential for survival and growth in any organism or system."

"Intergenerational patterns of attachment can be recognized and consciously changed."

"Our negative emotions served our ancestors well; now we must consciously cultivate positive ones."

"Adversity is not the enemy of flourishing; stagnation is."

"The child's development is a complex dialectical process characterized by periodicity and crisis."

"Development does not proceed toward socialization, but toward the conversion of social relations into mental functions."

"The adolescent crisis is a necessary and inevitable part of moving toward adult consciousness."

"The development of self-regulation is the hallmark of human psychological development."

"The development of higher mental functions is inseparable from the development of personality."

"The transition from concrete to abstract thinking is not a simple progression but a complex reconstruction."

"Self-consciousness develops through social interaction and gradually becomes a characteristic of the individual."

"Each moment of learning contains within it the potential for transformation and growth."

"The transition from external to internal regulation is the essence of psychological development."

"Moral growth is painful because it requires us to question our assumptions."

"The child who has never learned to act, to try, to experiment, to go round an obstacle cannot adapt himself to the new conditions."

"Accommodation is when we modify our existing schemas to fit new information."

"Schemas are not static but continually modified through experience."

"Imitation becomes increasingly sophisticated as the child develops."

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

"Every human has the freedom to change at any point."

"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."

"What is characteristic of persons is that they are always in a state of change."

"Patterns of attachment are not destiny, but they are influence."

"Attachment styles are learned early but can be transformed through understanding."

"Attachment patterns can be transformed through insight and new relational experiences."

"The goal of psychotherapy is to bring about change in a person"

"In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety"

"The only person who behaves sensibly is my tailor because he takes my measurements anew each time we meet"

"We are more ready to die than to change our way of life"