We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently.

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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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.

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...

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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...

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'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...