Unfortunately, some parents simply don’t love their children. Probably they don’t even love themselves. That may be the heart of their problem. Having parents like this is a terrible burden for any child and can shadow him all through life. It can even destroy him. David Viscott Read Quote
From time to time, everyone distorts. We all tend to believe what supports our side of the question and doubt what weakens it. When we are under stress, we tend to believe what we need to believe. David Viscott Read Quote
In other relationships, it may be permissible to overpower people, but not between people who are living together. That relationship is supposed to be between equals. David Viscott Read Quote
Although everyone fights, few people know how to have a good argument, an argument that clears the air and makes it less likely a future argument will take place on the same subject. David Viscott Read Quote
There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It’s up to you to find it, and you can. David Viscott Read Quote
This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole. David Viscott Read Quote
It is important for children to understand that some of the disappointment their parents feel for them is often really the parents’ disappointment in their own lives. David Viscott Read Quote
Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure. David Viscott Read Quote
