"Fidelity to the law of your own..." - Quote by Carl Jung
Fidelity to the law of your own being is an act of high courage flung in the face of life.
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“I have never since entirely freed myself of the impression that this life is a segment of existence which is enacted in a three-dimensional boxlike universe especially set up for it.”
“No dream symbol can be separated from the individual who dreams it, and there is no definite or straightforward interpretation of any dream.”
“Moreover, my ancestors' souls are sustained by the atmosphere of the house, since I answer for them the questions that their lives once left behind. I carve out rough answers as best I can. I have even drawn them on the walls. It is as if a silent, greater family, stretching down the centuries, were peopling the house.”
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“What strength belongs to every plant and animal in nature. The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show. It is, with all its might and main, what it is, and makes one and the same impression and effect at all times. All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle's, and of a rabbit, rabbit's. But a man is broken and dissipated by the giddiness of his will; he does not throw himself into his judgments; his genius leads him one way but 't is likely his trade or politics in quite another.”
“The worst crime is faking it.”
“Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.”
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“Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.”
“There are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what this country has already done, what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.”
“It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”