Milton H. EricksonEvery person's map of the world is as unique as their thumbprint.There are no two people alike. No two people who understand the same sentence the same way... So in dealing with p… ▶374Humanity
Milton H. EricksonUntil you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful.331Reading
Milton H. EricksonThe Structure of Magic I by Richard Bandler and John Grinder is a delightful simplification of the infinite complexities of the language I use with patients. In reading this book,… ▶344Reading
Milton H. EricksonEach person is a unique individual. Hence, psychotherapy should be formulated to meet the uniqueness of the individual's needs, rather than tailoring the person to fit the Procrus… ▶292Humanity
Milton H. EricksonLife will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.369LifeSadness
Milton H. EricksonWhat is easiest to see is often overlooked.293Humanity
Milton H. EricksonI have no intention of dying. In fact, it will be the last thing I do!271DeathTruth
Milton H. EricksonAllow yourself to see what you don’t allow yourself to see.261Love
Milton H. EricksonYou see, we don't know what our goals are. We learn our goals only in the process of getting there. I don't know what I'm building but I'm going to enjoy building it and when I ge… ▶306HumanityPhilosophy
Milton H. EricksonPatients are patients because they are out of rapport with their own unconscious... Patients are people who have had too much programming - so much outside programming that they h… ▶3210Humanity
Milton H. EricksonPeople who accomplish a great many things are people who have freed themselves from biases. These are the creative people. ✨ Milton H. Erickson (1992). The Wisdom of Milton … ▶201HumanityPhilosophy
Milton H. EricksonLife isn't something you can give an answer to today. You should enjoy the process of waiting, the process of becoming what you are. There is nothing more delightful than planting… ▶213HumanityLifePhilosophy
Milton H. EricksonThe 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, … ▶224HumanityPhilosophyThought
Milton H. EricksonThe unconscious works without your knowledge and that is the way it prefers. ✨ The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson: Human Behavior and Psychotherapy.225HumanityPhilosophy
Milton H. EricksonA goal without a date is just a dream.203Thought
Milton H. EricksonLife is lived in the present and directed toward a future. ✨ Milton H. Erickson, Jeffrey K. Zeig, Brent B. Geary (2000). The Letters of Milton H. Erickson, p.18, Zeig Tucker… ▶217HopeLifeTime
Milton H. EricksonChange will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change.184Hope
Milton H. EricksonYou can pretend anything and master it.163Reading
Milton H. EricksonThere are so many things in human living that we should regard not as traumatic learning but as incomplete learning, unfinished learning.229HumanityLife
Milton H. EricksonWhen I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge. ✨ Milton H. Erickson (1980). The Nature of Hypnosis and Suggestion, Halsted … ▶2210Thought
Milton H. EricksonHow many of us really appreciate the childishness of the unconscious mind? ✨ Milton H. Erickson (1992). The Wisdom of Milton H. Erickson: Human Behavior and Psychotherapy, p… ▶188HumanityPhilosophyThought
Milton H. EricksonYou can trust the unconscious.135Reflection
Milton H. EricksonYou use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn.135Love
