The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten.

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It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

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...

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...

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...

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....

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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...

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...

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'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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...