Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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I'm cautious about a lot of words.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

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...

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...

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

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,...

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don't want to lose....

Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don't want to lose....

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.

It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

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...

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...

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

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

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see...

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see...

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the...

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the...

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...

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

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.