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James Hillman

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I'm cautious about a lot of words.
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I'm cautious about a lot of words.
I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from America for such a long time. It's called expatriate.
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I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from America for such a long time. It's called expatriate.
You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault. It's the same thing with psychotherapy.
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You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault. It's the same thing with psychotherapy.
It's very hard to know what wisdom is.
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It's very hard to know what wisdom is.
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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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.
I don't have answers. I have questions.
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I don't have answers. I have questions.
It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.
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It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.
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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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.
I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made.
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I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made.
As the ego does not represent the whole psyche, so the Western mind cannot speak for the whole world.
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As the ego does not represent the whole psyche, so the Western mind cannot speak for the whole world.
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