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

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 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

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

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

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.

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.

- James Hillman

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

- 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

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

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