"Allow yourself to see what you don’t allow yourself to see." — Milton Erickson, American psychiatrist, born 1901
"Therapy is often a matter of tipping the first domino." — Milton Erickson, American psychiatrist, born 1901
"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained, hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired." — Erik Erikson, German-American psychoanalyst, born 1902
"The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play." — Erik Erikson, German-American psychoanalyst, born 1902
"The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others." — Erik Erikson, German-American psychoanalyst, born 1902
"Before he goes into the water, a diver cannot know what he will bring back." — Max Ernst, German painter, born 1891
"I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious." — Elliott Erwitt, French-American photographer, born 1928
"What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness." — M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator, born 1898
"Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?" — M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator, born 1898
"You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep." — Josemaria Escriva, Spanish priest, born 1902
"Either we learn to find the Lord in the ordinary everyday life or else we shall never find him." — Josemaria Escriva, Spanish priest, born 1902
"Advice to Young Poets: Never pretend to be a unicorn by sticking a plunger on your head." — Martin Espada, American Latino poet, born 1957
"We know we cannot plant seeds with closed fists. To sow, we must open our hands." — Adolfo Esquivel, Argentinian activist, born 1931