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James Hillman Quotes

I don’t think anything changes until ideas change Picture Quote #1

The psyche is highly flammable material. So we are always wrapping things in asbestos, keeping our images and fantasies at arm’s length because they are so full of lov Picture Quote #1

Just stop for a minute and you’ll realize you’re happy just being. I think it’s the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it’s right here Picture Quote #1

We can’t change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently Picture Quote #1

It’s important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for Picture Quote #1

Art, for example, becomes art therapy. When patients make music, it becomes music therapy. When the arts are used for therapy in this way, they are degraded to a secondary position Picture Quote #1

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Futurism is another American myth: whether Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan or Obama, American presidents all come into office with a new program, and the conviction that the country is going to be better than ever Picture Quote #1

Ecology movements, futurism, feminism, urbanism, protest and disarmament, personal individuation cannot alone save the world from the catastrophe inherent in our very idea of the world. They require a cosmological vision that saves the phenomenon ‘world’ itself, a move in soul that goes beyond measures of expediency to the archetypal source of our world’s continuing peril: the fateful neglect, the repression, of the anima mundi Picture Quote #1

Mediocrity is no answer to violence. In fact, it probably invites violence. At least the mediocre and the violent appear together as in the old Western movies - the ruffian outlaw band shooting up main street and the little white church with the little white schoolteacher wringing her hands. To cool violence you need rhythm, humor, tempering; you need dance and rhetoric. Not therapeutic understanding Picture Quote #1

I am not caused by my history-my parents, my childhood and development. These are mirrors in which I may catch glimpses of my image Picture Quote #1

If there were a God of New York, it would be the Greek’s Hermes, the Roman’s Mercury. He embodies New York qualities: the quick exchange, the fastness of language and style, craftiness, the mixing of people and crossing of borders, imagination Picture Quote #1

The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big effort to keep them from being seen through. But a very old idea is at work behind our current state of affairs: enantiodromia, or the Greek notion of things turning into their opposite Picture Quote #1

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Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don’t want to admit; the loss of the empire of the United States; and American exceptionalism. In fact, American exceptionalism is that we are exceptionally backward in about fifteen different categories, from education to infrastructure Picture Quote #1

Our lives are determined less by our childhood than by the traumatic way we have learned to remember our childhoods Picture Quote #1

When they talk about family values, it’s in a repressive way, as if our American tradition were only the Puritan tradition or the 19th century oppressive tradition. The Christian tradition Picture Quote #1

By setting up a universe which tends to hold everything we do, see, and say in the sway of its cosmos, an archetype is best comparable with a God Picture Quote #1

When they talk about family values, it’s in a repressive way, as if our American tradition were only the Puritan tradition or the 19th century oppressive tradition. The Christian tradition Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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It’s important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for Picture Quote #1

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity Picture Quote #1

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the higher jobs, more of the seats in Congress. Men need to re-examine what their power is. We need to understand how to use it Picture Quote #1

I don’t think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 sou Picture Quote #1

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We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What’s wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up? Picture Quote #1

We’re an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want to be able to take everything back and get another one. We want a 401-k plan and Social Security Picture Quote #1

I’m in favor of destruction, aggression, hating things. Not bearing things anymore. We think the breakdown comes because our life is in bad shape. But maybe the ideas cause the disorder. Something tries to break through and causes the disorder Picture Quote #1

I’ve found that contemporary psychology enrages me with its simplistic ideas of human life, and also its emptiness Picture Quote #1

My suggestion is that there’s no way out of the human condition. Sex, death, marriage, children, parents, illness. There’s no way out. They’re a misery, all of them Picture Quote #1

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think anything changes until ideas change (James Hillman Quotes) The psyche is highly flammable material. So we are always wrapping things in asbestos, keeping our images and fantasies at arm’s length because they are so full of lov (James Hillman Quotes) Just stop for a minute and you’ll realize you’re happy just being. I think it’s the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it’s right here. (James Hillman Quotes) We can’t change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently. (James Hillman Quotes) It’s important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for. (James Hillman Quotes) Art, for example, becomes art therapy. When patients make music, it becomes music therapy. When the arts are used for therapy in this way, they are degraded to a secondary position. (James Hillman Quotes) Futurism is another American myth: whether Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan or Obama, American presidents all come into office with a new program, and the conviction that the country is going to be better than ever. (James Hillman Quotes) Ecology movements, futurism, feminism, urbanism, protest and disarmament, personal individuation cannot alone save the world from the catastrophe inherent in our very idea of the world. They require a cosmological vision that saves the phenomenon ‘world’ itself, a move in soul that goes beyond measures of expediency to the archetypal source of our world’s continuing peril: the fateful neglect, the repression, of the anima mundi (James Hillman Quotes) Mediocrity is no answer to violence. In fact, it probably invites violence. At least the mediocre and the violent appear together as in the old Western movies - the ruffian outlaw band shooting up main street and the little white church with the little white schoolteacher wringing her hands. To cool violence you need rhythm, humor, tempering; you need dance and rhetoric. Not therapeutic understanding (James Hillman Quotes) I am not caused by my history-my parents, my childhood and development. These are mirrors in which I may catch glimpses of my image (James Hillman Quotes) If there were a God of New York, it would be the Greek’s Hermes, the Roman’s Mercury. He embodies New York qualities: the quick exchange, the fastness of language and style, craftiness, the mixing of people and crossing of borders, imagination (James Hillman Quotes) The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big effort to keep them from being seen through. But a very old idea is at work behind our current state of affairs: enantiodromia, or the Greek notion of things turning into their opposite (James Hillman Quotes) Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don’t want to admit; the loss of the empire of the United States; and American exceptionalism. In fact, American exceptionalism is that we are exceptionally backward in about fifteen different categories, from education to infrastructure (James Hillman Quotes) Our lives are determined less by our childhood than by the traumatic way we have learned to remember our childhoods (James Hillman Quotes) When they talk about family values, it’s in a repressive way, as if our American tradition were only the Puritan tradition or the 19th century oppressive tradition. The Christian tradition. (James Hillman Quotes) By setting up a universe which tends to hold everything we do, see, and say in the sway of its cosmos, an archetype is best comparable with a God (James Hillman Quotes) When they talk about family values, it’s in a repressive way, as if our American tradition were only the Puritan tradition or the 19th century oppressive tradition. The Christian tradition (James Hillman Quotes) 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 (James Hillman Quotes) It’s important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for (James Hillman Quotes) As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity (James Hillman Quotes) Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the higher jobs, more of the seats in Congress. Men need to re-examine what their power is. We need to understand how to use it (James Hillman Quotes) I don’t think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person (James Hillman Quotes) 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 (James Hillman Quotes) 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 sou (James Hillman Quotes) We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, What’s wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up? (James Hillman Quotes) We’re an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want to be able to take everything back and get another one. We want a 401-k plan and Social Security (James Hillman Quotes) I’m in favor of destruction, aggression, hating things. Not bearing things anymore. We think the breakdown comes because our life is in bad shape. But maybe the ideas cause the disorder. Something tries to break through and causes the disorder. (James Hillman Quotes) I’ve found that contemporary psychology enrages me with its simplistic ideas of human life, and also its emptiness. (James Hillman Quotes) My suggestion is that there’s no way out of the human condition. Sex, death, marriage, children, parents, illness. There’s no way out. They’re a misery, all of them. (James Hillman Quotes) As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity. (James Hillman Quotes)

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