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Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

Alice Miller

Alice Miller (20th century), German psychoanalyst and author. For Your Own Good, "Is There a Harmless Pedagogy?" (Trans. 1983).

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