One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe-the assumption that… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“The capacity for growth depends on one’s ability to internalize and to take personal responsibility. If we forever see our life as… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
In moments of spiritual crisis we naturally fall back upon what worked for us, or seemed to work, heretofore. Sometimes this shows… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of us is required to answer the… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“Those who say that they know what kind of art they like, or what kind of god, or what kind of moral structure are… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“Where am I asking others to take responsibility for my life? Let's face it - we would all love to be taken care of.… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“… but she herself embodies their greatest, most therapeutic gift: the message that we are here to be here , to go through it… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“David McKay, 1900. Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1929. Yeats, William Butler. A Vision” — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“Today, as we have seen, fascism and communism are discredited, but are replaced by a paraphilic consumer culture driven by fantasy, desperately in search… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
In the end, we are only tiny frightened animals, doing our best to survive amid other tiny frightened animals. — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither.” William Wordsworth,” — James Hollis Copy Share Image
In the second half of life, the questions become: 'Who, apart from the roles you play, are you? What does the soul ask of… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
To experience some healing within yourself, and to contribute healing to the world, you are summoned to wade through the muck from time to… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe-the assumption that if we… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
Is not our chief neurosis - by which I mean our estrangement from nature - our desire to hold fast to what is forever… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
