That Probably Greatest Of Narcissistic Wounds --

Genuine Forgiveness Does Not Deny Anger But Faces It Head-on.

I Have Never Known A Patient To Portray His Parents More Negatively Than He Actually Experienced Them In Childhood But Always More Positively--because Idealization Of His Parents Was Essential For His Survival.

Children Who Are Respected Learn Respect. Children Who Are Cared For Learn To Care For Those Weaker Than Themselves. Children Who Are Loved For What They Are Cannot Learn Intolerance. In An Environment Such As This, They Will Develop Their Own Ideals, Which Can Be Nothing Other Than Humane, Since They Grew Out Of The Experience Of Love.

It Is Not True That Evil, Destructiveness , And Perversion Inevitably Form Part Of Human Existence, No Matter How Often This Is Maintained. But It Is True That We Are Daily Producing More Evil And, With It, An Ocean Of Suffering For Millions That Is Absolutely Avoidable. When One Day The Ignorance Arising From Childhood Repression Is Eliminated And Humanity Has Awakened, An End Can Be Put To This Production Of Evil.

The Art Of Not Experiencing Feelings. A Child Can Experience Her Feelings Only When There Is Somebody There Who Accepts Her Fully, Understands Her, And Supports Her. If That Person Is Missing, If The Child Must Risk Losing The Mother's Love Of Her Substitute In Order To Feel, Then She Will Repress Emotions.