Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Joan Erikson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a psychologist Joan Erikson.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Joan Erikson

Joan Mowat Erikson was well known as the collaborator with her husband, Erik Erikson, and as an author, educator, craftsperson, and dance ethnographer.

Psychologist | 1902 - August 3, 1997
Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk.
Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind, everything else is hearsay.
Lots of old people don't become wise, but you don't get wise unless you age. — © Joan Erikson
Lots of old people don't become wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.
A good life is like a weaving. Energy is created in the tension. The struggle, the pull and tug are everything.
No matter how hard you dance, not everyone will clap
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