John Bowlby Professions : Psychologist Born : February 26, 1907 Died : September 2, 1990 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by John Bowlby The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature John Bowlby human-nature emotional strong Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base John Bowlby daring venture life-is If we value our children, we must cherish their parents John Bowlby cherish parent children We're only as needy as our unmet needs. John Bowlby unmet-needs needy needs Thus, just as animals of many species, including man, are disposed to respond with fear to sudden movement or a marked change in level of sound or light because to do so has a survival value, so are many species, including man, disposed to respond to separation from a potentially caregiving figure and for the same reasons. John Bowlby light animal men If a community values its children, it must cherish its mothers. John Bowlby community mother children Behind the mask of indifference is bottomless misery and behind apparent callousness, despair. John Bowlby misery despair indifference Similar Authors Bruno Bettelheim psychologist Boris Sidis psychologist Anthony Greenwald psychologist Arnold Gesell psychologist Arno Gruen psychologist Anna Freud psychologist All Authors
