Jean Baker Miller Quotes

#1. In a basic sense, the greater the development of each individual the more able, more effective, and less needy of limiting or restricting others she or he will be. - Author: Jean Baker Miller

#2. As other perceptions arise ... the total vision of human possibilities enlarges and is transformed. - Author: Jean Baker Miller

#3. Conflict begins at the moment of birth. - Author: Jean Baker Miller

#4. The question is still asked of women: 'How do you propose to answer the need for child care?' That is an obvious attempt to structure conflict in the old terms. The questions are rather: 'If we as a human community want children, how does the total society propose to provide for them?'. - Author: Jean Baker Miller

#5. As a society emphasizes and values some aspects of the total range of human potentials more than others, the valued aspects are associated closely with, and limited to, the dominant group's domain. - Author: Jean Baker Miller

#6. Conflict is inevitable, the source of all growth, and an absolute necessity if one is to be alive. - Author: Jean Baker Miller

#7. Most so-called women's work is not recognized as real activity. One reason for this attitude may be that such work is usually associated with helping others' development, rather than with self-enhancement or self-employment. - Author: Jean Baker Miller

#8. Psychological growth is the great gift and inexorable fact of human life. - Author: Jean Baker Miller