Author: 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.

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

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?

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

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

- James Hillman

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

- James Hillman

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.

- James Hillman

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

- James Hillman

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

- James Hillman

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