"Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood."

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Carl Jung

#Understood Quotes

“We're not gods, Julia. We're helpers. That's all. People have called us terrible things in the past. But that was only because they didn't understand us. That understanding is for the future, a time not long from now. You may live to see it. Then perhaps you can work openly, but for now, keep your gifts to yourself. Never flaunt your abilities. Never think you hold the power of life and death. Only God has that power. When it's a person's time, nothing can save them.”
“Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.”
“Even the most ordinary life is a mystery if you look close enough.”
“I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.”
“The motivation sometimes comes when you least expect it. I try to keep an open mind.”

Source : Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.
“I love The West Wing for many reasons. The show has been a fantasy. But we have offered a parallel universe to reality.”
“Evolution occurs in the world of time and space and form, whereas Spirit's primordial nature is finally timeless and Formless, prior to the of evolution but not other to it. We do not find Spirit or Emptiness by reaching some evolutionary Omega point in time, but rather by stepping off the cycle of time and evolution altogether (or ceasing to contract into it).”
“He runs to the sink to spit it out. I grin. Thereâ€™s nothing quite as funny as someone elseâ€™s misery.”

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