“Each of us is a microcosm in which the universal process actualizes itself.” — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
The essential ingredients for relationship are affection and commitment. — Robert A. Johnson Affection 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
The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise. — 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 Dark Copy Share Image
To suffer one's confusion is the first step in healing. — Robert A. Johnson Confusion 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
“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
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 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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
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 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
“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 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
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
“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
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
