Words, like angels, are powers which have invisible power over us. James Hillman More Quotes by James Hillman More Quotes From James Hillman It's not enough just to be a mother. It's not only the social pressure on mothers by certain kinds of feminism and other sources. There is also economic pressure on them. James Hillman social-pressurefeminismmother Fear is a huge thing for older people. James Hillman older-peoplehugepeople 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 believeideasthinking Well, if I'm only a result of past causes, then I'm a victim of those past causes. There is no deeper meaning behind things that gives me a reason to be here. James Hillman causesgivingpast I have found that the person with a sense of story built in from childhood is in better shape than one who has not had stories . . One knows what stories can do, how they can make up worlds and transpose existence into these worlds. . . .One learns that worlds are made by words and not only by hammers and wires. James Hillman wirehammerschildhood Follow the lead of your symptoms, for there’s usually a myth in the mess, and a mess is an expression of soul. James Hillman symptomssoulexpression In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient. James Hillman blackpatienthatred Writing books for me is anyway much like a military campaign. I confess to fighting my way through with military metaphors. There is a strategy, an overall concept, and there are tactics along the way…Tradition would say I was a 'child of Mars.' James Hillman militarybookchildren 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 traditionchristianway 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 bagsguaranteesair Vessels expose the invisible Zeitgeist, the visible formed by the invisible. James Hillman zeitgeistvisibleinvisible I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result. James Hillman prejudiceraceclass We dull our lives by the way we conceive them. James Hillman live-bydullway I'm cautious about a lot of words James Hillman cautious The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one. James Hillman environmentangelmoments We are human less by virtue of our ideal goals than by the vice of our inferiority. James Hillman vicesgoalinspirational 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 expatriateslongamerica It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation James Hillman generationsimportantmen 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 mistakefatherthinking 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 archetypesettingscosmos
