"The growth of the mind is the..." - Quote by Carl Jung
The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.
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“Caution has its place, no doubt, but we cannot refuse our support to a serious venture which challenges the whole of the personality. If we oppose it, we are trying to suppress what is best in man - his daring and his aspirations. And should we succeed, we should only have stood in the way of that invaluable experience which might have given a meaning to life.”
“Music is the application of sounds to the canvas of silence.”
“Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.”
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“When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.”
“Some people say, the world can be so alive! It always is, you just do not know it because of the screen of your thinking. You notice it as you become more awake.”
“To two men living the same number of years, the world always provides the same sum of experiences. It is up to us to be conscious of them.”
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“The drama and the trauma of the relationship you have when you're 16 can mirror the one you have when you're 26. Life repeats itself.”
“Confidence applied properly is the path of genius. You must always be in a state of confidence. And the way you sustain a state of confidence is by testing yourself. Difficult quagmires that may occur; there's always a test. You have to seek them out. You constantly have to test yourself to prepare for these quagmires. That's why I always put myself to the test.”
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?”