Quotes from Alexander Lowen

El proceso creativo frecuentemente conlleva algún dolor en el esfuerzo por lograr que una concepción dé frutos.

If body structure and temperament are related, as anyone who studies human nature can determine, the question then is: Can one change the character of an individual without some change in the body structure and in its functional motility?

No one is exempt from the rule that learning occurs through recognition of error.

Because we are afraid of life, we seek to control or master it.

Life is not a mixture of matter and energy but energy in matter, bound in such a way that dissociation is impossible so long as the living process continues.

I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely.

The feeling of love is a rich feeling, but the expression of love in word or deed is a joy.

Sustenance for the infant and child is more than alimentary nourishment. The child needs love, security, narcissistic supplies -- however one may describe it.

Not to fear a person with power--to profess, instead, one's love--is to deny that that person has power.

The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. He belongs rightly to the 'action generation' whose motto is 'do more but feel less.'

We live in an ocean of air like fish in a body of water. By our breathing we are attuned to our atmosphere. If we inhibit our breathing we isolate ourselves from the medium in which we exist. In all Oriental and mystic philosophies, the breath holds the secret to the highest bliss.

The only way you can make a marriage work is as free, independent people. It needs to be based on the good feelings that you have for each other, not on need.

Without awareness of bodily feeling and attitude, a person becomes split into a disembodied spirit and a disenchanted body.

It is only by making the past alive again for a person that a true growth in the present is facilitated. If the past is cut off, the future does not exist.