Parent Quotes by James Hillman

8 Parent quotes by James Hillman

James Hillman shares eight succinct reflections on parenthood, each echoing his depthic approach to psychology. The short set offers a quick, thoughtful entry into his nuanced view of raising children.

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It's a terrible cruelty of predatory capitalism: both parents now have to work. A family has to have two incomes in order…

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I am not caused by my history-my parents, my childhood and development. These are mirrors in which I may catch glimpses of…

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Suppose that throughout your childhood you were good with numbers. Other kids used to copy your homework. You figured store discounts faster…

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The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand…

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How can Hitler, or some other murderer, appear in this world? I don't think any single theory can account for the phenomenon,…

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A mother should have some fantasy about her child's future. It will increase her interest in the child, for one thing. To…

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As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as…

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Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and realizing that it doesn't do anything-or that…

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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.…

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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…

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Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the…

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The self divided is precisely where the self is authentically located. . . We all have identity crises because a single identity is a…

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Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we…

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