Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Quote by James Hillman

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

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

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.

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 very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

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...

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...

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in...

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in...

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.

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...

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

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.

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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics.

I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics.

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...