Eric Berne Quotes

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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

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins, and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins, but knows what he'll do if he loses.

Eric Berne

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

Eric Berne

The destiny of every human being is decided by what goes on inside his skull when confronted by what goes on outside his skull.

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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

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A healthy person goes "Yes," "No," and "Whoopee!" An unhealthy person goes "Yes, but," "No, but," and "No whoopee."

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Games people play: the psychology of human relationships.

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Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future.

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The eternal problem of the human being is how to structure his waking hours

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Awareness means the capacity to see a coffeepot and hear the birds sing in one's own way and not the way one was taught.

Eric Berne

Eric Berne

Eric Berne

Born: May 10, 1910

Died: July 15, 1970 (aged 60)

Bio: Eric Berne was a Canadian-born psychiatrist who, in the middle of the 20th century, created the theory of transactional analysis as a way of explaining human behavior.

Known for:

Games People Play (1964)
What do you say after you say hello?
Transactional analysis in psychotherapy (1961)
Sex in human loving (1970)

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