If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. -James Hillman.

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

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

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.

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world?

Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid; it's also in the system, the society.