It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for.

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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 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...

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

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...

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...

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

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...

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...

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...

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...

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We...

We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We...

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

I will celebrate, but I know new goals and objectives will come and I am...

I will celebrate, but I know new goals and objectives will come and I am...