Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson
Erik Hamburger Eriksonwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth15 June 1902
CityFrankfurt, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
know-yourself knows
The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.
choices needs facts
Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.
tragedy facts life-is
The fact that human conscience remains partially infantile throughout life is the core of human tragedy.
being-strong responsibility cycle-of-life
If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way.
anticipation life-is ifs
If life is to be sustained, hope must remain...
generations abandoned sequence
Mans true taproots are nourished in the sequence of generations, and he loses his taproots in disrupted developmental time, not in abandoned localities.
hope miracle responsibility vigorous
There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding, which constitutes a new hope and a new responsibility for all.
disrupted loses nourished sequence time
Man's true taproots are nourished in the sequence of generations, and he loses his taproots in disrupted developmental time, not in abandoned localities.
future save species
The only thing that can save us as a species is seeing how we're not thinking about future generations in the way we live.
dim homage inclusive knowledge leaders men paying purest rules shown simplest taught
Men have always shown a dim knowledge of their better potentialities by paying homage to those purest leaders who taught the simplest and most inclusive rules for an undivided mankind.