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
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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 1940s

The buck stops here.

Harry Truman

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Topic
Political leadership Taking responsibility

Author

Harry Truman
Medium
Inscription
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Truman, Harry S. Sign on Truman's desk during his presidency. c. 1945.

Another quote about Life

For every thing that lives is Holy.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Topic
The sacred Life

Author

William Blake
Source
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Medium
Poem
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. "A Song of Liberty." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1794.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "A Song of Liberty." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

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
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Citation

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

Another quote originally in German

The most perfect of all works of art is true political freedom.

Friedrich Schiller

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Freedom Art

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen [On the Aesthetic Education of Man]." Horen, Jan. 1795, letter 2.

Current Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. On the Aesthetic Education of Man, edited by Alexander Schimidt, translated by Kenneth Tribe. Penguin Classics, 2016, letter 2.