"No tree, it is said, can grow..." - Quote by Carl Jung
No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.
More by Carl Jung
“The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort.”
“The educated man tries to repress the inferior one in himself, without realizing that by this he forces the latter to become revolutionary.”
“If we feel our way into the human secrets of the sick person, the madness also reveals its system, and we recognize in the mental illness merely an exceptional reaction to emotional problems which are not strange to us. --"The Content of the Psychoses”
More on Growth
“Every challenge takes you a little deeper and awakens you again and again. Without the challenges, you probably would go to back to sleep. The challenges keep you awake.”
“A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.”
“Each moment of every one of my relationships serves as the secret path to the summit of myself.”
More on Duality
“Marianne Williamson has written that there are really only two primary emotions in the universe, love and fear. So anytime you're feeling anxious, insecure, worried, angry or resentful, you've left love and entered fear.”
“Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed.”
“The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious. Bound, rigid, and trapped, you cannot experience liberation.”