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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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...

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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.

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.

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 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...

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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

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...

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...

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...