"The symbols of the self arise from..." - Quote by Carl Jung
The symbols of the self arise from the depths of the body.
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“We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.”
“People cannot stand too much Reality.”
“Conflicts create the fire of affects and emotions; and like every fire it has two aspects: that of burning and that of giving light.”
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“I--this thought which is called I--is the mould into which the world is poured like melted wax.”
“A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul, Britain, America, lie folded already in the first man.”
“I imitate everyone except myself.”
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“So the lion is the law-breaker. Just as to the primitive man the lion is the lawbreaker, the great nuisance, dangerous to human beings and to animals, that breaks into the Kraal at night and fetches the bull out of the herd: he is the destructive instinct.”
“Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.”
“As a plant produces its flower, so the psyche creates its symbols.”