Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose. Carl Jung (1875 – 1961)
Carl Jung Quote – “Who looks outside, dreams…”
Who looks outside, dreams… who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung (1875 – 1961)
Carl Jung Quote – “Everything that irritates us about others…”
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung (1875 – 1961)
Carl Jung Quote – “Your vision will become clear…”
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Carl Jung (1875 – 1961)
Carl Jung Quote – “There is no coming to consciousness without pain…”
There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. Carl Jung (1875 – 1961)
Benjamin Franklin Quote – “God governs in the affairs of men…”
The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)
Gregory of Nyssa Quote – “Merge into the deep and dazzling darkness…”
That we may merge into the deep and dazzling darkness, vanish into it, dissolve in it forever in an unbelievable bliss beyond imagination, for absolute nothingness represents absolute bliss. Gregory of Nyssa (circa 335 – 395)
Gregory of Nyssa Quote – “To assist human beings in their search…”
To assist human beings in their search for wisdom was the purpose of the incarnation. Gregory of Nyssa (circa 335 – 395)
Gregory of Nyssa Quote – “A balanced happiness, a steady tranquility…”
There are varying degrees of spiritual illumination, which accounts both for the varying outlooks to be found among mystics and for the different kinds of glimpses among aspirants. All illuminations and all glimpses free the man from his negative qualities and base nature, but in the latter case only temporarily. He is able as a result, to see into his […]
Gregory of Nyssa Quote – “Someone who has purified the eyes of his soul…”
When someone whose mind is but partially developed sees something clothed in some semblance of beauty, he believes that this thing is beautiful in its own nature… but someone who has purified the eyes of his soul and is trained to see beautiful things makes use of the visible as a springboard to rise to the contemplation of the spiritual. […]
