The secret is that only that which can destroy itself is truly alive.

Carl Jung

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Topic

Self-destruction Nature of life Life

Author

Carl Jung

Source

Psychology and Alchemy

Genre

Psychological literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

German

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Psychiatrist Psychologist Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Citation

Jung, Carl. Psychologie un Alchemie [Psychology and Alchemy] Routledge, 1944.

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Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt.

Carl Jung

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Fanaticism
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Carl Jung
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1935 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Jung, Carl. Lecture five of the Tavistock lectures. 1935, Tavistock Clinic, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Jung, Carl. The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings. Routledge, 2014, pt. 1, lecture 5.

Another quote from the 1940s

In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

Orson Welles

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The Third Man
Medium
Film
Genre
Film noir Drama (film) Drama
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Third Man. Directed by Carol Reed, London Films, 1949.

Another quote about Life

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

Fight Club

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Fight Club
Medium
Film
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1999 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

Another quote from 1944

It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

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Topic
Idealism Optimism Human nature

Author

Anne Frank
Source
The Diary of a Young Girl
Medium
Personal journal
Language
Dutch
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 15 July 1944.

Another quote originally in German

What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind them.

Martin Luther

The Large Catechism

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Corporal punishment

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Martin Luther
Source
The Large Catechism
Genre
Religious literature
Language
German
Time
1529 1520s 16th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Der Große Katechismus [The Large Catechism]. Wittenberg, 1529, second commandant.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. Luther's Large Catechism with Study Questions. Concordia Publishing House, 2010, second commandant.