All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world? James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from America for such a long time. It's called expatriate. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
Instead of seeing depression as a dysfunction, it is a functioning phenomenon. It stops you cold, sets you down, makes you damn miserable. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
It's very hard to know what wisdom is. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don't want to lose. Without time for loss, we don't have time for soul. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid; it's also in the system, the society. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world? James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control? James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and realizing that it doesn't do anything-or that it doesn't do enough. James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0
We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up? James Hillman American Psychologist More James Hillman Quotes 0