I'm cautious about a lot of words.

Quote by James Hillman

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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...

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...

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...

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and...

Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and...

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.

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.

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid...

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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.

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...

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.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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...

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...

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...