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title: "11 May Quotes By James Hillman"
description: "11 May quotes by James Hillman. Plus more from James Hillman and more May sayings from other authors."
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> [Aptitude can show calling, but it isn't the only indicator. Ineptitude or dysfunction may reveal calling more than talent, curiously enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/aptitude-can-show-calling-but-it-isn-t-the-only-indicator-ineptitude/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

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> [You may not become a celebrity. You may even experience lots of illness or divorce, or unhappiness. But I think there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/you-may-not-become-a-celebrity-you-may-even-experience-lots-of/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

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> [Open your heart, your gaze, to the visitations of angels, even if the gifts they bring may not be centeredness and balance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/open-your-heart-your-gaze-to-the-visitations-of-angels-even-if-the/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/james-hillman-2336_angel_open-your-heart-your-gaze-to-the-visitat_2134379.png)

> [The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/the-circumstances-including-my-body-and-my-parents-whom-i-may-curse/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/james-hillman-2336_body_the-circumstances-including-my-body-and_1932894.png)

> [I am not caused by my history-my parents, my childhood and development. These are mirrors in which I may catch glimpses of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/i-am-not-caused-by-my-history-my-parents-my-childhood-and-development/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

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> [It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/it-s-important-to-ask-yourself-how-am-i-useful-to-others-what-do/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

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> [Beauty has never been an important topic in the writings of the major psychologists. In fact, for Jung, aesthetics is a weak,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/beauty-has-never-been-an-important-topic-in-the-writings-of-the-major/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

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> [There is more in a human life than our theories of it allow. Sooner or later something seems to call us onto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/there-is-more-in-a-human-life-than-our-theories-of-it-allow-sooner-or/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/james-hillman-2336_childhood_there-is-more-in-a-human-life-than-our-t_207170.png)

> [I like to imagine a person's psyche to be like a boardinghouse full of characters. The ones who show up regularly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/i-like-to-imagine-a-person-s-psyche-to-be-like-a-boardinghouse-full/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/james-hillman-2336_absurd_i-like-to-imagine-a-person-s-psyche-to-b_3136918.jpg)

> [We would like otherworldly visitations to come as distinct voices with clear instructions, but they may only give small signs in dreams,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/we-would-like-otherworldly-visitations-to-come-as-distinct-voices/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

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> [The character truest to itself becomes eccentric rather than immovably centered, as Emerson defined the noble character of the hero. At the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/the-character-truest-to-itself-becomes-eccentric-rather-than/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

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## Other authors on May

## More by James Hillman

> [“Each life is formed by its unique image, an image that is the essence of that life and calls it to a destiny. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/each-life-is-formed-by-its-unique-image-an-image-that-is-the-essence/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [Fear is a huge thing for older people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/fear-is-a-huge-thing-for-older-people/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [It's a terrible cruelty of predatory capitalism: both parents now have to work. A family has to have two incomes in order to buy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/it-s-a-terrible-cruelty-of-predatory-capitalism-both-parents-now-have/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/you-know-people-come-to-therapy-really-for-a-blessing-not-so-much-to/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [Until the culture recognizes the legitimacy of growing down, each person in the culture struggles blindly to make sense of the darkness that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/until-the-culture-recognizes-the-legitimacy-of-growing-down-each/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [ “The first way has been excellently presented by David Holt in his lecture on “Jung and Marx.” \[1\] There Holt shows that Jung imagined his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/the-first-way-has-been-excellently-presented-by-david-holt-in-his/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/i-m-the-result-of-upbringing-class-race-gender-social-prejudices-and/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [There is more in a human life than our theories of it allow. Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/there-is-more-in-a-human-life-than-our-theories-of-it-allow-sooner-or/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/depression-opens-the-door-to-beauty-of-some-kind/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [The idea of death robs inquiry of its passionate vitality and empties our efforts of their purpose by coming to one predestined conclusion, death.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/the-idea-of-death-robs-inquiry-of-its-passionate-vitality-and-empties/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [I'm in favor of destruction, aggression, hating things. Not bearing things anymore. We think the breakdown comes because our life is in bad shape.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/i-m-in-favor-of-destruction-aggression-hating-things-not-bearing/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [In the past, friendship was a huge thing. But it's hard for us to think of friendship as a calling, because it's not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/in-the-past-friendship-was-a-huge-thing-but-it-s-hard-for-us-to-think/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/psychotherapy-theory-turns-it-all-on-you-you-are-the-one-who-is-wrong/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [The self divided is precisely where the self is authentically located. . . We all have identity crises because a single identity is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/the-self-divided-is-precisely-where-the-self-is-authentically-located/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

> [Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/love-alone-is-not-enough-without-imagination-love-stales-into/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

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