Gary Lachman Quotes
The outcome, if successful, in both alchemy and individuation is a union of opposites—the coniunctionis or transcendent function—leading to alchemical gold, the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life, or, in Jungian terms, the Self.
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Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.
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There is also something called the Legislature. There is something called the press. There is something called people. These are all different players on the stage.
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You’d be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look
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No barrier stands between the material world of science and the sensibilities of the hunter and the poet.
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All ultimately intermarried to produce a race of many strains, which may account for the paradox that a people famed for stolid, patient, practical common-sense; a nation as Napoleon said, of "shopkeepers", has produced more adventurers, explorers and poets than probably any other in history.
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I wanted to retain my individuality. I was afraid of being hampered by studio policies. I knew if someone else got control, I would be restrained.
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The Spirit of God is jealous over us; He doesn't want superficial fellowship, but genuine intimacy.
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There are no Russian units in eastern Ukraine - no special services, no tactical advisors. All this is being done by the local residents, and the proof of that is the fact that those people have literally removed their masks.
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I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself.
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All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
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To me, these kind of everyday miseries act as a fatal disqualifier. My sunniest beliefs are basically contingent on the fact that my child is not dying of cancer right now.
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Long live impudence. It was my guardian angel in this world.
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My father had gone to Vietnam.
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This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin.
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The outcome, if successful, in both alchemy and individuation is a union of opposites—the coniunctionis or transcendent function—leading to alchemical gold, the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life, or, in Jungian terms, the Self.
