Leboyer Quotes & Sayings

Once we remember that all that takes place during the first days of life on the emotional level shapes the patterns of all future reactions , we cannot but wonder why such a torture has been inflicted on the child. How could a being who has been aggressed in this way, while totally helpless, develop into a relaxed, loving, trusting person? Indeed, he will always never be able to trust anyone in life. He will always be on the defensive, unable to open up to others and to life. — Frederick Leboyer

Being touched and caressed, being massaged, is food for the infant; food as necessary as minerals, vitamins, and proteins. Deprived of this food, the name of which is love, Babies would rather die. And often they do. — Frederick Leboyer

Published papers may omit important steps and the memory of men of science, even the greatest, is sadly fallible. — John Desmond Bernal

I think that we've made great moral progress in the second half of the 20th century in many respects, and particularly in relation to human rights but I think that we are losing sight of some of the values of concern for others, and self-respect and respect for others. — Alexander McCall Smith

I've missed you so much."
Daniel chuckled. "I've missed you, too, these past ... three hours. Are-are you all right?"
Luce ran her fingers through Daniel's silky blond hair. "I just needed to get some air,to find you." She squeezed hi tightly.
Daniel narrowed his eyes. "I don't think we should be out here,Lys. They must be expecting you back in the receiving room."
"I don't care.I won't go back in there. And I would never marry that pig. I will never marry anyone but you."
"Shhh." Daniel winced,stroking her cheek. "Someone might hear you. They've cut off heads for less than that. — Lauren Kate

Discovery Cove is directly across the Central Florida Parkway from SeaWorld. Parking at the Discovery Cove lot is free. — Bob Sehlinger

Learn to respect this sacred moment of birth, as fragile, as fleeting, as elusive as dawn. — Frederick Leboyer

Create a website that expresses something about who you are that won't fit into the template available to you on a social networking site. — Jaron Lanier

Yes, we should not forget that the five senses are one. And all of them extensions of the skin — Frederick Leboyer

This tragic brow, these closed eyes, eyebrows raised and knotted. — Frederick Leboyer

It is through our hands that we speak to the child. That we communicate.
Touch is the child's first language, understanding comes long after feeling — Frederick Leboyer

Love is sweeping the country. — Ira Gershwin

Imagining birth as the baby experiences it was an entirely new way of looking at it, — Frederick Leboyer

The one you confront in Yoga is yourself. All that is rigid and stiff in you, all that says 'No. — Frederick Leboyer

Yes, hell exists. It is not a fairy tale. One indeed burns there. This hell is not at the end of life. It is here. At the beginning. Hell is what the infant must experience before he gets to us. — Frederick Leboyer

This howling mouth, this head which rolls back and tries to escape. — Frederick Leboyer

Because pieces of your heart clearly weigh more when they're sitting shattered at the bottom of your stomach. — Heather Brewer

These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity. — Frederick Leboyer

For if we do not know even how we manage to be conscious and intelligent, it is most rash to assume that we know what the role of conscious intelligence will be, and still more that it is competent to order the world. — Alan W. Watts

The internet has been incredible in regards to the selling of my CD. I don't know how it's affected or will affect my acting career. — Helen Slater

Birth may be a matter of a moment, but it is a unique one. — Frederick Leboyer

It's been a pleasure pleasing you. — T.S. Pettibone