I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to? ADAM PHILLIPS Anand Thakur
The child..will try to make himself..independent of other people. . ADAM PHILLIPS ChildIndependentSelf
To our grudge against our mothers; the way we never let our mothers off the hook for their not meeting our every need. ADAM PHILLIPS Grudgenever
Sanity, in other words, becomes a pressing preoccupation as soon as we recognize the importance of recognition. ADAM PHILLIPS PreoccupationPressingRecognitionSanityWord
Lovers, of course, are notoriously frantic epistemologists, second only to paranoiacs (and analysts) as readers of signs and wonders. ADAM PHILLIPS AnalystEpistemologistNotoriouslyParanoiacsReaderSign
We are tyrannized by our blind spots, and by whatever it is about ourselves that we find unacceptable. ADAM PHILLIPS SpotTyrannizedUnacceptableWhatever
Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves. ADAM PHILLIPS AlivenessDealingEverybodyEverything
It is as if to say: if these are not valued – if these forms of wanting and feeling and speaking and doing – are not cultivated and encouraged and rewarded in the child, then the child will be mad. ADAM PHILLIPS ChildCultivatedFormSpeakingValuedWanting
