Wilfred Bion Professions : Psychoanalyst Born : September 8, 1897 Died : August 28, 1979 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Wilfred Bion The purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire. Wilfred Bion listening desire memories Every session attended by the analyst must have no history and no future. What is 'known' about the patient is of no further consequence: it is either false or irrelevant. If it is 'known' by patient and analyst, it is obsolete....The only point of importance in any session is the unknown. Nothing must be allowed to distract from intuiting that. In any session, evolution takes place. Out of the darkness and formlessness something evolves. Wilfred Bion patient evolution darkness To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage. Wilfred Bion dare inspirational facts It is very important to be aware that you may never be satistied with your analytic career if you feel that you are restricted to what is narrowly called a ‘scientific’ approach. You will have to be able to have a chance of feeling that the interpretation you give is a beautiful one, or that you get a beautiful response from the patient. This aesthetic element of beauty makes a very difficult situation tolerable. Wilfred Bion difficult-situations careers beautiful It is too often forgotten that the gift of speech, so centrally employed, has been elaborated as much for the purpose of concealing thought by dissimulation and lying as for the purpose of elucidating and communicating thought. Wilfred Bion speech purpose lying If a new result is to have any value, it must unite elements long since known, but till then scattered and seemingly foreign to each other, and suddenly introduce order where the appearance of disorder reigned. Wilfred Bion connections order long Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom. Wilfred Bion obstruction arrogance The end of a dissolute life is a desperate death. Wilfred Bion desperate ends life A good leader makes a good follower. Wilfred Bion followers leader leadership To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill. Wilfred Bion adversity ill bears Wealth is the sinews of affairs. Wilfred Bion affair wealth business Of all evil things the least quantity is to be borne, but of learning and knowledge, the more a man hath, the better he can bear it. Wilfred Bion learning evil men Old age is the harbor of all ills. Wilfred Bion old-age harbors age Misers take care of property as if it belonged to them, but derive no more benefit from it than if it belonged to others. Wilfred Bion misers benefits care We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it. Wilfred Bion reproach ought age The road to Hades is easy to travel. Wilfred Bion hades easy Similar Authors Allen Wheelis psychoanalyst Donald Woods Winnicott psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut psychoanalyst Helene Deutsch psychoanalyst Franz Alexander psychoanalyst Elliott Jaques psychoanalyst All Authors
