Emphasis should be placed more on what the patient does in the present and will do in the future than on a mere understanding of why some long-past event occurred.

Life is lived in the present and directed toward a future.

Allow yourself to see what you don’t allow yourself to see.

Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion.

You don't take insults. You leave them with the insulter.

The unconscious mind is decidedly simple, unaffected, straightforward and honest. It hasn't got all of this facade, this veneer of what we call adult culture. It's rather simple, rather childish It is direct and free.

You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn.