The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

- Eric Berne

Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.

- Eric Berne

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs…

- Eric Berne

We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.

- Eric Berne

The destiny of every human being is decided by what goes on inside his skull when confronted by what goes on outside his skull.

- Eric Berne

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins, and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins, b…

- Eric Berne

Awareness means the capacity to see a coffeepot and hear the birds sing in one's own way and not the way one was taught.

- Eric Berne

A healthy person goes 'Yes,' 'No,' and 'Whoopee!' An unhealthy person goes 'Yes, but,' 'No, but,' and 'No whoopee.

- Eric Berne

Love is nature's psychotherapy.

- Eric Berne