"The beginning of wisdom occurs the day we recognize the obvious – that the only person present in every scene of our still-unfolding psychodramas is ourselves." ~James Hollis, Ph.D., Jungian analyst, Living Between Worlds, p. 48
"However convenient it might be to blame others for whatever has not turned out so well, we still have to grudgingly accept some measure of accountability for what transpires in our relationships." ~James Hollis, Ph.D., Jungian analyst, Living Between Worlds, p. 48
"To alter Satan's lament, 'Which way I flee is me.' We must look to our own strategies for handling overwhelmment and abandonment if we are to understand our difficulties with other people." ~James Hollis, Ph.D., Jungian analyst, Living Between Worlds, p. 48
"The first 'readings' of the world, the relationships to which we were exposed, often provide the frame, the paradigm for subsequent relationships. Accordingly, they keep showing up, imposing themselves, even when we think we have outgrown them." ~James Hollis, Jungian analyst
