Life calls us forth to independence, and anyone who does not heed this…

Carl Jung
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Life calls us forth to independence, and anyone who does not heed this call because of childish laziness or timidity is threatened with neurosis. And once this has broken out, it becomes an increasingly valid reason for running away from life. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung (1967). Symbols of transformation: an analysis of the prelude to a case of schizophrenia
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