“Human life [is] ... a process of filling in time until the arrival of death, or Santa Claus, with very little choice, if any, of what kind of business one is going to transact during the long wait.” IfsLifeHumansKindLittlesLongLife IsChoicesWaitingProcessHuman LifeFillingSantaArrivalsSanta ClausFilling InLong Wait Author:Eric Berne
“Each person decides in early childhood how he will live and how he will die... His trivial behavior may be decided by reason, but his important decisions have already been made: what kind of person he will marry, how many children he will have, what kind of bed he will die in... It is incredible to think, at first, that man's fate, all his nobility and all his degradation, is decided by a child no more than six years old, and usually three... (but) it is very easy to believe by looking at what is happening in the world today, and what happened yesterday, and seeing what will happen tomorrow.” ThinkingMenWorldYearsFirstsBelieveKindMayChildrenPersonsMadeImportantReasonHappensTodayDiesThreeEasyDecisionFateSeeingHappenedChildhoodEvolutionTomorrowBedBehaviorSixHappeningsDecidedIncrediblesYesterdayNobilityWorld TodayDegradationEarly ChildhoodSix Year OldsImportant Decisions Author:Eric Berne