Quotes by Anna Freud

“Instead of turning away from them (war conditions) in instinctive horror, as people seem to expect, the child may turn towards them with primitive excitement. The real danger is not that the child,...”

“We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees.”

“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.”

“Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness?”

“My different personalities leave me in peace now.”

“Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.”

“Instead of turning away from them (war conditions) in instinctive horror, as people seem to expect, the child may turn towards them with primitive excitement. The real danger is not that the child,...”