When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge.

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"the normal or the usual is requisite for any understanding of the abnormal or the unusual."

- Milton H. Erickson

Awareness

"Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy."

- Milton H. Erickson

Happiness

"Life's difficulties are merely necessary roughage."

- Milton H. Erickson

Adversity

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

- Milton H. Erickson

Learning

"It is really amazing what people can do. Only they don't know what they can do."

- Milton H. Erickson

Self-confidence

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"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."

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