6 Quotes & Sayings By Eric Berne

Eric L. Berne was born in Montreal, Canada on January 25, 1908. He received his doctorate of medicine from the University of Chicago in 1934. His early research on psychoanalysis led to his interest in clinical psychology Read more

He started teaching at the University of Southern California in 1948 and later became the chair of education psychology at UCLA. His books include The Games People Play, Transactional Analysis in Human Relationships, The Unconscious Before Freud, Sex in Human Loving, The Games People Play Today, How Is Your Life Going?, You Are the Doctor Now, The New Joy of Self-Hypnosis, The Games People Play on Stage & Screen, Don't Fight It! Let It!, and You Can Be Happy! He is co-author with Robert White of The Game of Life.

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is...
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The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. Eric Berne
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But wether I am faking on a player piano, or striking the chords with the power of my own mind and hands, the song of my life is equally suspenseful and full of surprises as it rolls off the pulsating sounding board of destiny - a barcarole that either way will leave, I hope, happy echoes behind Eric Berne
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Such a woman is called "Mother's FRIEND" always ready to give judicious Parental advice and living vicariously on the experience of others Eric Berne
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Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future. Eric Berne
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We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs. Eric Berne