Erik H. Erickson Quotes

A collection of quotes by Erik H. Erickson.

Erik H. Erikson (1902-1994) was a prominent German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst. He is best known for his groundbreaking theory of psychosocial development, which encompasses eight stages of human growth from infancy to old age. Erikson emphasized the importance of social interactions and the role of societal and cultural factors in shaping an individual's identity and personality. His influential work has had a lasting impact on the field of developmental psychology and continues to be widely studied and applied today.

If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must

If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way.

Erik H. Erickson

Responsibility

Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters -- wh

Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters -- where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as moral as they must be, as free as they may be, and as masterly as they can be. If we only knew it, this elusive arrangement is happiness.

Erik H. Erickson

Happiness

Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue

Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.

Erik H. Erickson

Hope