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James Hillman Quotes: You know, people come to therapy really for a blessing. Not so much to fix what's broken, but to get what's broken blessed.
         

You know, people come to therapy really for a blessing. Not so much to fix what's broken, but to get what's broken blessed.


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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.



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To see the angel in the malady requires an eye for the invisible, a certain blinding of one eye and an opening of the other to elsewhere.



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I place myself in situations where a lot of people are going to be, and bring a particular body of work that reflects the people already there. You have to study your subject.



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