Milton H. Erickson

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

The 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, rather childish It is direct and free.

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.

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

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