Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn. – Alice Miller
I was not out to paint beautiful pictures even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth. – Alice Miller
Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor ones parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child. – Alice Miller
There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity of limb and spirit, and in its place he brings tranquility and repose—the mild autumnal weather of the soul. – Alexander Smith, “An Essay on an Old Subject”