The essential ingredients for relationship are affection and commitment. — Robert A. Johnson Affection Copy Share Image
“Each of us is a microcosm in which the universal process actualizes itself.” — Robert A. Johnson Microcosm 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 Dark Copy Share Image
To suffer one's confusion is the first step in healing. — Robert A. Johnson Confusion Copy Share Image
The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise. — Robert A. Johnson Arise Copy Share Image
“...it is almost always the case that whatever has wounded you will also be instrumental in your healing.” — Robert A. Johnson Healing Copy Share Image
The difference in a teacher and a mentor is that a mentor is interested in our soul. — Robert A. Johnson Differences Copy Share Image
“Most men get their deepest conviction of self-worth from a woman, wife, mother, or if they are highly conscious, from their own… — Robert A. Johnson Faith Copy Share Image
Love is not a doing but a state of being - a relatedness, a connectedness to another mortal, an identification with her… — Robert A. Johnson Being in love Copy Share Image
The only hope for healing is to offer a better form of ecstasy, to upgrade so the addict will give up the… — Robert A. Johnson Addict 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… — Robert A. Johnson Dream Copy Share Image
“Very few women understand how great is the hunger in a man to be near femininity...(b)ut if a woman wishes to give… — Robert A. Johnson Feminine 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… — Robert A. Johnson Culture 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… — Robert A. Johnson Contentment 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… — Robert A. Johnson Communication Copy Share Image
“It sounds ironic to say that the cure for loneliness is aloneness. I don’t mean that you should just make yourself more… — Robert A. Johnson Aloneness 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… — Robert A. Johnson Consent 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… — Robert A. Johnson Adventure Copy Share Image
“We are presently dealing with the accumulation of a whole society that has worshiped its light side and refused the dark, and… — Robert A. Johnson Dark Copy Share Image
“Though no one notices at the time, in-loveness obliterates the humanity of the beloved. One does a curious kind of insult to… — Robert A. Johnson Falling in love Copy Share Image
“A man depends largely on woman for the light in the family as he is not well equipped at finding meaning for… — Robert A. Johnson Family 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… — Robert A. Johnson Active 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… — Robert A. Johnson Life Copy Share Image
“Generally, a mood will run its course in an inteligent man; if a woman doesn't puncture it prematurely, the man will puncture… — Robert A. Johnson Left hand 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… — Robert A. Johnson American army 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… — Robert A. Johnson Making money Copy Share Image
“Each age needs its own language for understanding enduring truths…The ancient world didn’t have much of what we call reality; they lived,… — Robert A. Johnson Ancient world 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.… — Robert A. Johnson Cold Copy Share Image
“First we must learn to think mythologically. Powerful things happen when we touch the thinking which myths, fairy tales, and our own… — Robert A. Johnson Fairy tale Copy Share Image
