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C.G. Jung photo

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls.”

C.G. Jung book Psychology and Alchemy

CW 12, par. 126 (p 99)
Psychology and Alchemy (1952)
Context: People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises, observe a strict regimen of diet, learn the literature of the whole world - all because they cannot get on with themselves and have not the slightest faith that anything useful could ever come out of their own souls. Thus the soul has gradually been turned into a Nazareth from which nothing good can come.

Tupac Shakur photo

“Everybody's at war with different things… I'm at war with my own heart sometimes.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

1990s, Vibe magazine interview (February 1996)

Marcus Aurelius photo

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII

Charles Manson photo

“I'm nobody. I'm a tramp, a bum, a hobo. I'm a boxcar and a jug of wine, and a straight razor if you get too close to me.”

Charles Manson (1934–2017) American criminal and musician

Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqrqaPThCmI

Etty Hillesum photo
Marilyn Manson photo

“Art is a big question mark.”

Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor

Carl Sagan photo

“Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.”

Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator

Aristotle photo

“The roots of education … are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Hannah Arendt photo
Johnny Depp photo

“Now, bring me that horizon.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

Source: film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVht0M-vWo

Anne Frank photo

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

15 July 1944
(1942 - 1944)

Bob Marley photo
Marilyn Manson photo
Michael Faraday photo
Thomas Sowell photo

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author

1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)

Marilyn Manson photo
Albert Einstein photo

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

H.L. Mencken photo
Henry David Thoreau photo
William Shakespeare photo

“My soul is in the sky.”

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream

Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream