I'm cautious about a lot of words.

Quote by James Hillman

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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.

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...

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...

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.

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 carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.