“It sounds ironic to say that the cure for loneliness is aloneness. I don’t mean that you should just make yourself more miserable; I am prescribing instead a form of solitude that is meditative and open to your inner self.” — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Once we become sensitive to dreams, we discover that every dynamic in a dream is manifesting itself in some way in our practical lives” — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Most psychotherapies are designed to patch up wounded people and then throw them back into the battle of oppositions. They guide people in how… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
The object of life is not happiness, but to serve God or the Grail. All of the Grail quests are to serve God. If… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise. — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Culture can only function if we live out the unwanted elements symbolically. All healthy societies have a rich ceremonial life. Less healthy ones rely… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
The difference in a teacher and a mentor is that a mentor is interested in our soul. — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
For many years of my life I thought one came down with a mood just as one comes down with a cold. But slowly… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
The real relatedness between two people is experienced in the small tasks they do together: the quiet conversation when the day's upheavels are at… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Dante was standing near the Ponte Vecchio, a bridge that crosses the Arno River in Florence. It was just before 1300… Dante saw Beatrice… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
Someone observed darkly that it is always two A.M. when one is in the 'dark night of the soul. — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
The essential ingredients for relationship are affection and commitment. — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
“The word suffer in its original sense means “to allow,” such as in one of Shakespeare’s dramas when a courtier says, “I suffer you… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a popular heresy abroad today which states that if a little is good, more is better. Following this dictum creates a life… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
Every person must live the inner life in one form or another. Consciously or unconsciously, voluntarily or involuntarily, the inner world will claim us… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
“To consent to paradox is to consent to suffering that which is greater than the ego. The religious experience lies exactly at that point… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
