Quote by James Hillman

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault. It's the same thing with psychotherapy.

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam you blame the theory

Summary

This quote suggests that the blame for the negative effects of the Vietnam War should not be placed on the individual soldiers who fought in it, but rather on the underlying ideology and motivation behind the war itself. Similarly, the quote draws a parallel to psychotherapy, implying that it is not the fault of the individuals undergoing therapy, but rather the shortcomings or flaws in the therapeutic approach being used. It highlights the importance of addressing the structural and systemic issues rather than blaming individuals for the failures or negative outcomes in various situations.

By James Hillman

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I was so self-critical. I still am; but it's not as bad anym

I was so self-critical. I still am; but it's not as bad anymore.

Inspirational Depression Musician Self Hate

A man perfects himself by working. Foul jungles are cleared

A man perfects himself by working. Foul jungles are cleared away, fair seed-fields rise instead, and stately cities; and with the man himself first ceases to be a jungle, and foul unwholesome desert thereby. The man is now a man.

In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves anot

In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.

William Tecumseh Sherman

He [Jesus] speaks in parables, and though we have approached

He [Jesus] speaks in parables, and though we have approached these parables reverentially all these many years and have heard them expounded as grave and reverent vehicles of holy truth, I suspect that many if not all of them were originally not grave at all but were antic, comic, often more than just a little shocking.

Frederick Buechner

Truth Holy Comic Shocking Parables Reverent

It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our

It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our schools, that took away Bible reading from our schools. It's the courts that gave us same-sex marriage. So it is quite a battlefield, and the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land.

Let's face it, there are no plain women on television.

Let's face it, there are no plain women on television.

There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-

There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, contin

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man h

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion. The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.

Charles Dickens

Enlarge my life with multitude of days! In health, in sickne

Enlarge my life with multitude of days! In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays: Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe.

Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you

Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat, you go, 'Cat, come here.' He doesn't come to you unless you have something in your hand that he thinks might be food. They're very free animals, and I like that.

Antonio Banderas

An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-mi

An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth -- in short, materialism -- does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.

E. F. [Ernst Friedrich] Schumach