American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1882-1966)
No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence.
SMILEY BLANTON
Love or Perish
Marriage cures nothing--and least of all does it solve anyone's emotional problems.
SMILEY BLANTON
Love or Perish
Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.
SMILEY BLANTON
Love or Perish
It is very often asserted that fear is destructive. Yet this is not entirely true; when fear is felt about things that truly threaten security, it is protective. It is very fortunate that humans have an almost unlimited capacity for learning fears; otherwise we would have been eliminated long ago.
SMILEY BLANTON
Faith is the Answer
A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.
SMILEY BLANTON
Love or Perish
If we are deprived of our just due, we naturally experience emotions of anger.
SMILEY BLANTON
Love or Perish
The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent.
SMILEY BLANTON
Love or Perish
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.
SMILEY BLANTON
Love or Perish