The Only Possible Recourse A Baby Has

Parents Are Indeed Capable Of Routinely Torturing Their Children Without Anyone Interceding.

It Was Not The Beautiful Or Pleasant Feelings That Gave Me New Insight, But The Ones Against Which I Fought Most Strongly: Feelings That Made Me Experience Myself As Shabby, Petty, Mean, Helpless, Humiliated, Demanding, Resentful Or Confused, And Above All, Sad And Lonely. It Was Precisely Through These Experiences, Which I Had Shunned For So Long, That I Became Certain That I Now Understood Something About My Life, Stemming From The Core Of My Being, Something That I Could Not Have Learned From Any Book.

It Is Precisely Because A Child's Feelings Are So Strong That They Cannot Be Repressed Without Serious Consequences. The Stronger A Prisoner Is, The Thicker The Prison Walls Have To Be, Which Impede Or Completely Prevent Later Emotional Growth.

It Is Very Difficult For People To Believe The Simple Fact That Every Persecutor Was Once A Victim. Yet It Should Be Very Obvious That Someone Who Was Allowed To Feel Free And Strong From Childhood Does Not Have The Need To Humiliate Another Person.

We Can Never Do The Right Thing As Long As We Are Out To Please Someone Else.