Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid; it's also in the system, the society.

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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.

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...

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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 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...

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...

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 see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think...

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think...

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...

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 I...

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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.

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...