"We could all be mediums, and all have absolute knowledge, if the bright light of our ego consciousness would not dim it."

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Source : "On Divination and Synchronicity". Book by Marie-Louise von Franz, pp. 39-40, 1992.

Marie-Louise von Franz

#Light Quotes #Ego Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive.”
“You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going”
“If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.”
“I really got tired of it all. I was angry about the johns.”
“From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment.”
“I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.”
“A man that loves to be peevish and paramount, and to play the sovereign at every turn, does but blast the blessings of life, and swagger away his own enjoyments; and not to enlarge upon not folly, not to mention the injustice of such a behavior, it is always the sign of a little, unbenevolent temper. It is disease and discredit all over, and there is no more greatness in it, than in the swelling of a dropsy.”
“I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.”

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