Life's difficulties are merely necessary roughage. Author: Milton H. Erickson Copy Quote More from Milton H. Erickson “Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy." …” “You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable clima…” “Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know…” “When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imp…”