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

Carl Jung

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Topic

Facing oneself Existential terror Self-knowledge Distraction Human nature

Author

Carl Jung

Source

Psychology and Alchemy

Genre

Psychological literature

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

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Karen Horney

Our Inner Conflicts

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Topic
Therapy Personal growth Life lessons

Author

Karen Horney
Source
Our Inner Conflicts
Genre
Psychological literature
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Horney, Karen. Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neuroses. W. W. Norton & Company, 1945, conclusion.

Another quote about Human nature

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:26-27

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Creation of man Human origins Human nature
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Genesis The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:26-27).

Another quote from 1944

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic
Redistribution of wealth

Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
Everybody's Political What's What?
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Everybody's Political What's What? Constable & Company/Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944, ch. 30.

Another quote originally in German

Once we have power, we shall never again give it up, unless we are carried out as corpses from our offices.

Paul Joseph Goebbels

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Topic
Nazi Germany

Author

Paul Joseph Goebbels
Medium
Personal journal
Language
German
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Goebbels, Joseph. Diary entry. 6 Aug. 1932.