“When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge.”
"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
"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."
- Touko Aozaki
Insight
"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"
- Steven Wright
Insight
"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."
- Jack
Insight