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

From

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

Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?

Joseph Welch

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Topic
Red Scare Cold War American politics
Speaker
Joseph Welch
Language
English
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Welch, Joseph. Quoted in No Sense of Decency, written by Robert Shogun. Ivan R. Dee, 2009, ch. 10. Originally a speech "Have You No Sense of Decency?" Army-McCarthy Hearings. 9 June 1954, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about God and man

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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Topic
God and man Nature of God Existence of God God

Author

Robert G. Ingersoll
Language
English
Time
1874 1870s 19th century
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Citation

Ingersoll, Robert Green. "The Gods." c. 1872. Lecture.

Another quote originally in German

Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Iphigenia in Tauris

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Topic
Mellowing with age Life lessons
Speaker
Pylades

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Iphigenia in Tauris
Medium
Play
Language
German
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Iphigenie auf Tauris [Iphigenia in Taurus]. 1779, Ducal private theater, Weimar, Germany, act 4, sc. 4.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Iphigenia in Tauris." Goethe: The Collected Works: Verse Plays and Epic, edited by Cyrus Hamlin and Frank Ryder. Vol. 8, Princeton University Press, 1995, act 4, sc. 4.