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…

In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile,…

I see happiness as a by-product. I don’t think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of…

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind. James Hillman

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

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask,…

Fear is a huge thing for older people. James Hillman

Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don’t want to admit the…

The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It’s astounding. Maybe…

Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don’t want to lose. Without time for loss, we…