I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are as irresistibly attracted by Him.

Carl Jung

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God and man God

Author

Carl Jung

Source

Letters of Carl Jung

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Psychiatrist Psychologist Writer

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Switzerland Europe

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Citation

Jung, Carl. Letter to an unnamed clergyman. 1952.

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Another quote by Carl Jung

Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt.

Carl Jung

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Topic
Fanaticism
Speaker
Carl Jung
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1935 1930s 20th century
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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 1950s

We have two lives...The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.

Bernard Malamud

The Natural

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Topic
Life lessons
Speaker
Iris Lemon

Author

Bernard Malamud
Source
The Natural
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1952 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Malamud, Bernard. The Natural. Harcourt Brace and Company, 1952.

Another quote about God

"Where is God gone?" he called out. "I mean to tell you! We have killed him,—you and I! We are all his murderers!

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Gay Science

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Topic
Death of God Existence of God God Decline of religion

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Parable of the Madman The Gay Science
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 125.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 125.

Another quote originally in German

He who doesn't see his lover's faults as virtues is not in love.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Topic
Being in love

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Language
German
Time
1832 1830s 19th century
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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Spruche in Prosa Maximen und Reflexionen [Sayings in Prose, Maxims and Reflections]. c. 1840, no. 843.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 843.