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Milton H. Erickson quotes: You don't take insults. You leave them with the insulter.

You don't take insults. You leave them with the insulter.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: There are so many things in human living that we should regard not as traumatic learning but as incomplete learning, unfinished learning.

There are so many things in human living that we should regard not as traumatic learning but as incomplete learning, unfinished learning.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn.

You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: It is really amazing what people can do. Only they don't know what they can do.

It is really amazing what people can do. Only they don't know what they can do.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: You can trust the unconscious.

You can trust the unconscious.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: The conscious ego cannot tell the unconscious what to do?

The conscious ego cannot tell the unconscious what to do?

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Shut up, sit in that chair there and go into a deep trance!

Shut up, sit in that chair there and go into a deep trance!

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Allow yourself to see what you don't allow yourself to see.

Allow yourself to see what you don't allow yourself to see.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: The unconscious mind works without your knowledge and that is the way it prefers.

The unconscious mind works without your knowledge and that is the way it prefers.

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

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

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Life is lived in the present and directed toward a future.

Life is lived in the present and directed toward a future.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: One's appreciation of, and understanding of the normal or the usual is requisite for any understanding of the abnormal or the unusual.

One's appreciation of, and understanding of the normal or the usual is requisite for any understanding of the abnormal or the unusual.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.

Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.

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

I am very confident. I look confident. I act confident. I speak in a confident way ...

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

How many of us really appreciate the childishness of the unconscious mind?

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful.

Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful.

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

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

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Don't ask why the patient is the way he is, ask for what he would change.

Don't ask why the patient is the way he is, ask for what he would change.

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

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

Milton H. Erickson quotes: You can pretend anything and master it.

You can pretend anything and master it.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion.

Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: You can't effect the cards that you are dealt, but you can determine how you play them.

You can't effect the cards that you are dealt, but you can determine how you play them.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Trance is a natural everyday experience.

Trance is a natural everyday experience.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: The most important thing in changing human behavior is the person's motivation.

The most important thing in changing human behavior is the person's motivation.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: People do not come into therapy to change their past but their future.

People do not come into therapy to change their past but their future.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: A goal without a date is just a dream.

A goal without a date is just a dream.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Life's difficulties are merely necessary roughage.

Life's difficulties are merely necessary roughage.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Therapy is often a matter of tipping the first domino.

Therapy is often a matter of tipping the first domino.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: As for my dignity ... the hell with my dignity. I will get along alright in this world. I don't have to be dignified, professional.

As for my dignity ... the hell with my dignity. I will get along alright in this world. I don't have to be dignified, professional.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: Change will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change.

Change will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: I have no intention of dying. In fact, it will be the last thing I do!

I have no intention of dying. In fact, it will be the last thing I do!

Milton H. Erickson quotes: You can't learn to swim on a piano bench.

You can't learn to swim on a piano bench.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: You can teach a child the importance of pain by your behavior. You can also teach as child the importance of no pain by your behavior.

You can teach a child the importance of pain by your behavior. You can also teach as child the importance of no pain by your behavior.

Milton H. Erickson quotes: What is easiest to see is often overlooked.

What is easiest to see is often overlooked.