Author: James Hillman

Quotes

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

- James Hillman

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

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

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

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

- 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 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.

- 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

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

- 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

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