Mediocrity is no answer to violence. In fact, it probably invites violence. At least the mediocre and the violent appear together as in the old Western movies - the ruffian outlaw band shooting up main street and the little white church with the little white schoolteacher wringing her hands. To cool violence you need rhythm, humor, tempering; you need dance and rhetoric. Not therapeutic understanding.
James HillmanCharacter forms a life regardless of how obscurely that life is lived and how little light falls on it from the stars.
James HillmanI am not caused by my history-my parents, my childhood and development. These are mirrors in which I may catch glimpses of my image.
James HillmanThe moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.
James HillmanI just read about John Le Carre, the great spy novelist. He had an absolutely miserable childhood. His mother deserted him when he was young. His father was a playboy and a drunk. He was shifted around to many different homes. He knew he was a writer when he was about nine, but he was dyslexic. So here was a person with an absolutely messed-up childhood and a symptom that prevented him from doing what he wanted to do most. Yet that very symptom was part of the calling. It forced him to go deeper.
James Hillman