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Jean Houston, born on May 10, 1937, is an American author, psychologist, and researcher in human potential. Her work spans various fields including human potential, mythology, leadership, and personal growth. Houston is known for her in-depth research on human potential and her modern interpretations of traditional myths.

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“Patricia Sun is a solar light of consciousness whose wisdom rays cover the world. Everywhere I travel through out the earth, I find people whose lives have been enhanced and transformed by her luminous work.”

People World Has Beens Light Earth Consciousness Sun Rays Transformed Luminous

Author:Jean Houston

“The ideas are secondary to the primary premise of people's potential. I'm always in wonder and astonishment.”

People Ideas Wonder Primaries Premises Astonishment

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“I am deeply activated by a sense of history, and have been since I was a tiny child. Really feeling that these were the times, we were the people, this was the most critical time in human history. Other people thought their times were the pinnacle and this is it. This is where we really, together, make a decision of whether to evolve or perish.”

People Humans Children Has Beens Feelings Together Decision Critical Tiny Evolve Human History Pinnacle

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“It would be wonderful if people could grow together in groups, teaching and learning communities where they empower, evoke, explore the enormous capacities of the human condition.”

People Ifs Humans Would Be Together Grows Community Wonderful Groups Teaching Conditions Capacity Enormous Empowering Human Condition Evoke Teaching And Learning

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“Because of the nature of my life, because I train a great many people, I come upon such a huge variety of human species, as well as the earth species for that matter.”

People Humans Wells Matter Earth Huge Train Species Variety Great Men Human Species

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“You've had a whole lot of experience, but everything is also radically new at each moment, and you have to bring a kind of childlike second-level innocence to bear upon all situations, if you are going to be of use and you are going to really learn from the situation or the people.”

People Ifs Kind Whole Moments Use Levels Situation Bears Innocence Childlike

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“We have new media, new forms of connectivity, and an enormous transference of knowledge. When you study evolution, you see that when new genes meet and multiply, they create new contexts and new species. In a sense, the gene-pool of knowledge and of people connecting at all levels is literally spawning a kind of mind-pool of possibilities.”

People Mind Kind Form Levels Study Media Possibility Evolution Species Enormous Pool Genes Connecting New Media Transference

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“If you're looking ecologically, then we are in very big trouble, yes. But if you're talking about people sinking, I'm not so sure that's true. There are cycles of rise and fall, as there have been since time immemorial.”

People Ifs Has Beens Bigs Fall Talking Trouble Cycles Sinking Rise And Fall

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“We're in a decaying culture now. Naturally, the young people in the culture are going to feel themselves to be products of the decay.”

People Feels Young Culture Products Decay

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Born: May 10, 1937
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Quotes: 90

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The Search for the Beloved: Journeys in Mythology and Sacred PsychologyRelated source material

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