John Morton iv

“Children who fail to learn basic love and trust at home are handicapped later in mastering the assertiveness, initiative, and autonomy that are the foundation of successful adulthood.”
― George E. Vaillant, Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

“Mentally healthy individuals should be in touch with their own identity and their own feelings; they should be oriented toward the future and over time they should be fruitfully invested in life. Their psyches should be integrated and provide them a resistance to stress. They should possess autonomy and recognize what suits their needs; they should perceive reality without distortion and yet possess empathy. They should be masters of their environment - able to work, to love, and to play, and to be efficient in problem-solving.”
― George E. Vaillant, Adaptation to Life

“It's very hard, for most of us to tolerate being loved.”
― George Vaillant

“The only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.”
― George Vaillant