Following is our list of the best John Bowlby quotes and sayings.
Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base — John Bowlby
The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature — John Bowlby
We're only as needy as our unmet needs. — John Bowlby
Behind the mask of indifference is bottomless misery and behind apparent callousness, despair. — John Bowlby
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
If a community values its children, it must cherish its mothers. — John Bowlby
If we value our children, we must cherish their parents — John Bowlby
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