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I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made.

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Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

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It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

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We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

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We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want to be able to take everything back and get another one. We want a 401-k plan and Social Security.

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If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now.

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It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

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The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.

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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. But maybe the ideas cause the disorder. Something tries to break through and causes the disorder.

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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 it doesn't do enough.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: Unknown

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