"We find that the child who does not yet have language at his command, the child under two and a half, will be able to cooperate with our education if we go easy on the "blocking" techniques, the outright prohibitions, the "no's" and go heavy on "substitution" techniques, that is, the redirection or certain impulses and the offering of substitute satisfactions."

-- Selma Fraiberg

#Children Quotes #Block Quotes #Offering Quotes

“The enemy is only a pretext to test our strength”
“The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.”
“Best of all she liked his eyes, such a translucent golden brown, and so laughing.”

Source : Colleen McCullough (2015). “The Ladies of Missalonghi”, p.42, Head of Zeus
“I eat a lot of whole grains for breakfast, a lot of dried fruit. And my big thing is pasta. I do a lot of simple pasta, with great ingredients.”
“O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.”

Source : James Whitcomb Riley (1895). “The Days Gone by and Other Poems”
“Black is like the silence of the body after death, the close of life.”
“The greatest barrier to own own healing is not the pain, sorrow or violence inflicted upon us as children. Our greatest hindrance is our ongoing capacity to judge, to criticize, and to bring tremendous harm to ourselves. If we can harden our heart against ourselves and meet our most tender feelings with anger and condemnation, we simultaneously armor our heart against the possibility of gentleness, love and healing.”

Source : Wayne Muller (1993). “Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood”, p.62, Simon and Schuster
“It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony in a court of law. Honesty is a vital part of having a good reputation.”

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