Milton H. Erickson Quotes

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You see, we don't know what our goals are. We learn our goals only in the process of getting there You don't know what the baby is going to become. Therefore, you wait and take good care of it until it becomes what it will.

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

Milton H. Erickson
Life 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 flower seeds and not knowing what kind of flowers are going to come up.

Milton H. Erickson
How many of us really appreciate the childishness of the unconscious mind?

Milton H. Erickson
Dreams, puns, elisions, plays on words and similar tricks that we ordinarily think of as frivolous, all play a surprising and somewhat disconcerting role in the communication of important and serious feelings.

Milton H. Erickson
We always translate the other person's language into our own language.

Milton H. Erickson
Each 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 Procrustean bed of a hypothetical theory of human behavior.

Milton H. Erickson
People who accomplish a great many things are people who have freed themselves from biases. These are the creative people.

Milton H. Erickson
I am very confident. I look confident. I act confident. I speak in a confident way...

Milton H. Erickson