Quotes by : Alexander Lowen

While the repression of a memory is a psychological process, the suppression of feeling is accomplished....

The most effective weapon a parent has to control a child is the withdrawal of love or its threat. A....

As adults, we hvae many inhibitions against crying. We feel it is an expression of weakness, or femininity....

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool,....

It is a grave injustice to a child or adult to insist that they stop crying. One can comfort a person....

Conversation, to take another example, is one of the common pleasures of life, but not all conversation....

The person senses what it feels like to be free from inhibitions. At the same time he feels connected....

Bioenergetics is an adventure in self-discovery. It differs from similar explorations into the nature....

The ego exists as a powerful force in Western man that cannot be dismissed or denied. The therapeutic....

We must realize that we are all, like Dr. Faust, ready to accept the devil's inducements. The devil is....