James Hillman Quotes

Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God.

To know one's Self is to be blissful always.

Your higher self is always nudging you toward a resolution of the conflicts that you experience in your life, so that you will have room for serenity and harmony.

To accept duality is to earn identity.

A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself

Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant.

Spirituality is a journey inward that connects the Self to yourself. When you know who you are from the inside out, when you do what you sense is right for you, when your thoughts lead you to actions that serve others as well as make you feel good, then you have encountered spirituality.

In the end, we need two things to lead a balanced life - a sense of the world and a sense of ourselves; it's like breathing in and breathing out. And if you can only get to know the world by stepping out, and losing yourself in experience, you can only get to know the self by stepping back, and finding yourself in contemplation. One without the other leads to a kind of madness.

We all have within us a centered place of wisdom, harmony, and balance.

Balance is not to be sought by association with others; it must exist within one's self.

Happiness is not to be sought in solitude or in busy centers. It is in the Self.

The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been.

I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.

The way I feel is that there is a balance in my life between being alone and interacting with people, between Being and doing.

Do not let the body be dragged along by mind nor the mind be dragged along by the body

The more that we self-analyze ourselves, the nicer we are to people and to ourselves, and the more we understand each other.

Someone who takes the time to understand their relationship with source, who actively seeks alignment with their broader perspective, who deliberately seeks and finds alignment with who-they-really -are, is more charismatic, more attractive, more effective, and more powerful than a group of millions who have not achieved this alignment.

If one completes the journey to one's own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.

It has been my experience that people who are at cross-purposes with nature are cynical about mankind and ill at ease with themselves.

Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now.

Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that's not the point. It's developing a friendly attitude to ourselves, accepting the hidden neurosis coming through.

Self-definition and self-determination is about the many varied decisions that we make to compose and journey toward ourselves, about the audacity and strength to proclaim, create, and evolve into who we know ourselves to be. It’s okay if your personal definition is in a constant state of flux as you navigate the world.

He who stays not in his littleness, loses his greatness.

What makes me feel alive is community, connectedness. Certainly family, parenting, relationships, friendship. All the way into colleague relationships and relationship with spirit, relationship with one's own self and inner child, and animals, earth, planet. Fostering and nurturing and really focusing on connection - connection in relationship with other and my own self and God. When I don't feel connected in all those three areas, life is not very good.

Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.