💬 Quotes
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"Thought is a force—a vibrant energy that projects itself outward and leaves an imprint upon the invisible ether of the mental plane."
— Clairvoyance and Occult Powersby Swami Panchadasi
"By learning to withdraw the senses from the outer world of illusion, the soul gains the power to perceive the subtle realities of the astral plane."
— Clairvoyance and Occult Powersby Swami Panchadasi
"The aura is the mirror of the soul, reflecting every change of emotion, every shift of desire, and every elevation of thought."
— Clairvoyance and Occult Powersby Swami Panchadasi
"Fear is the great barrier to psychic development; it attracts negative influences and clouds the clear lens of spiritual perception."
— Clairvoyance and Occult Powersby Swami Panchadasi
"It is characteristic of the paranoid-schizoid position that the object is split, but the ego is split too."
— The Complete Works of W.R. Bionby W.R. Bion
"The mystic has a function which is essential to the growth of the group, but he is also a threat to the group's established order."
— The Complete Works of W.R. Bionby W.R. Bion
"Memory and desire must be cast out, for only then can one see the patient as they truly are in the present moment."
— The Complete Works of W.R. Bionby W.R. Bion
"Container and contained are in a state of constant interplay, essential both for psychic growth and the transformation of raw emotional experience."
— The Complete Works of W.R. Bionby W.R. Bion
"The group exists as a phenomenon, but the individual in the group is subjected to pressures that distort his capacity for rational thought."
— The Complete Works of W.R. Bionby W.R. Bion
"Thinking is a development forced on the psyche by the demand to cope with thoughts; it is a consequence of a lack of fit between the infant and the breast."
— The Complete Works of W.R. Bionby W.R. Bion
"Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game."
— The Game of Life and How to Play Itby Florence Scovel Shinn
"Whatever man feels deeply or imagines clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail."
— The Game of Life and How to Play Itby Florence Scovel Shinn
"A man's word is his wand filled with magic power."
— The Game of Life and How to Play Itby Florence Scovel Shinn
"Resist not evil. Whatever you fight, you conquer. If you hold a thought of hatred, you are attracted to the thing you hate."
— The Game of Life and How to Play Itby Florence Scovel Shinn
"Denials clear the way. Decrees or affirmations bring the thing desired."
— The Game of Life and How to Play Itby Florence Scovel Shinn
"Every man has a divine design. There is a place that he is to fill and no one else can fill, something which he is to do which no one else can do."
— The Game of Life and How to Play Itby Florence Scovel Shinn
"Wer aufschaut, hält die Augen nicht unten. Aber wenn man das Gesicht abwendet, ist es kein Aufschauen mehr."
— Der Vorleserby Bernhard Schlink
"Es gibt Zeitalter der Unschuld, und es gibt Zeiten, in denen die Unschuld verloren geht und nie wiederkehrt."
— Der Vorleserby Bernhard Schlink
"Sie war Analphabetin. Das war ihr Geheimnis, nicht dass sie Mörderin gewesen war."
— Der Vorleserby Bernhard Schlink
"Man kann die Augen vor der Wahrheit verschließen, aber sie bleibt da."
— Der Vorleserby Bernhard Schlink