"When you are up against a wall,..." - Quote by Carl Jung
When you are up against a wall, put down roots like a tree, until clarity comes from deeper sources to see over that wall and grow.
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“Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.”
“In the history of the collective as in the history of the individual, everything depends on the development of consciousness.”
“Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words.”
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“Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me.”
“Be not dishearten'd -- Affection shall solve the problems of Freedom yet; Those who love each other shall become invincible.”
“A real important thing is that, though I rely on my husband for love, I rely on myself for strength.”
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“In society, in the best institutions of men, it is easy to detect a certain precocity. When we should still be growing children, we are already little men. Give me a culture which imports much muck from the meadows, and deepens the soil,--not that which trusts to heating manures, and improved implements, and modes of culture only!”
“Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment.”
“Most people are just trying to get through the day. Be committed to learn to get from the day. Don't just get through it; get from it. Learn from it. Let the day teach you. Join the university of life. What a difference that will make in your future. Commit yourself to learning. Commit yourself to absorbing. Be like a sponge. Get it. Don't miss it.”