I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.

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Instead of seeing depression as a dysfunction, it is a functioning phenomenon. It stops you...

Instead of seeing depression as a dysfunction, it is a functioning phenomenon. It stops you...

The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's...

The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's...

In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of...

In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of...

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want...

We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want...

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people...

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people...

We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.

We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe...

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being...

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being...

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve,...

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve,...

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's...

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's...

Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If...

Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If...

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want...

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want...