"A creative person has little power over..." - Quote by Carl Jung
A creative person has little power over his own life. He is not free. He is captive and driven by his daimon.
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“Only one who has risked the fight with the dragon and is not overcome by it wins the "treasure hard to attain." He alone has a genuine claim to self-confidence, for he has faced the dark ground of his self and thereby has gained himself. This experience gives him faith and trust.”
“We are a psychic process which we do not control, or only partly direct. Consequently, we cannot have any final judgment about ourselves or our lives.”
“The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.”
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“Keep doing what you love to the best of your ability. Stop judging and get out of your own way.”
“For poetry, he's past his prime,He takes an hour to find a rhyme;His fire is out, his wit decayed,His fancy sunk, his muse a jade.I'd have him throw away his pen,But there's no talking to some men.”
“You always find things you didn't know you were going to say, and that is the adventure.”
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“Totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere.”
“There's really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.”
“This great republic is a mockery of freedom as long as you are doomed to dig and sweat to earn a miserable living while the masters enjoy the fruit of your toil.”