Source: War and Children
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Famous Anna Freud Quotes
“If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.”
“Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.”
Source: The Writings of Anna Freud: Indications for child analysis and other papers, 1945-1956
“Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants them to be.”
“We live trapped, between the churned-up and examined past and a future that waits for our work.”
“Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?”
“We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean.”
“In our dreams we can have our eggs cooked exactly how we want them, but we can't eat them.”
“Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost.”
Source: The Writings of Anna Freud: Indications for child analysis and other papers, 1945-1956
“We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees.”
“Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.”