Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don't want to lose. Without time for loss, we don't have time for soul.

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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...

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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...

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...

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...

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

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...

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,...

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 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...

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

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...

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...

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...

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

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...

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...

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...

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...