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Quote of Carl Gustav Jung: These simple acts make man simple...


Biography - Carl Gustav Jung:

Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Born: 1875 - Died: 1961
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Switzerland

These simple acts make man simple; and how difficult it is to be simple!


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“I have done without electricity, and tend the fireplace and stove myself. Evenings, I light the old lamps. There is no running water, and I pump the water from the well. I chop the wood and cook the food. These simple acts make man simple; and how difficult it is to be simple!”


Quote source: Memories, Dreams, Reflections



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
Ces travaux simples rendent l'homme simple, et il est bien difficile d'être simple.




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Quotes for: difficulty


Quotes

Quotes for: difficulty


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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.





One of the most important and most difficult arts is to unlearn vice.





It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.











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Carl Gustav Jung also said...


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.





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If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.





The afternoon of life is just as full of meaning as the morning; only, its meaning and purpose are different.





Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge.












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