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> [We could all be mediums, and all have absolute knowledge, if the bright light of our ego consciousness would not dim it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/we-could-all-be-mediums-and-all-have-absolute-knowledge-if-the-bright/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

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## More by Marie-Louise von Franz

> [“My God, these Feeling types! ... Sensitive people are just tyrannical people - everybody else has to adapt to them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/my-god-these-feeling-types-sensitive-people-are-just-tyrannical/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [It is as if something somewhere were 'known' in the form of images - but not by us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/it-is-as-if-something-somewhere-were-known-in-the-form-of-images-but/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [The mathematical forms of order which the mind of a physicist manipulates coincides "miraculously" with experimental measurements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/the-mathematical-forms-of-order-which-the-mind-of-a-physicist/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [The passionate reactions of people to a painting, the exclamation, 'Oh, this is wonderful,' may, even if meant in a positive way, entirely destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/the-passionate-reactions-of-people-to-a-painting-the-exclamation-oh/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [Dreams are like letters from God. Isn't it time you answered your mail?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/dreams-are-like-letters-from-god-isn-t-it-time-you-answered-your-mail/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [In one African myth the word for God is even identical with skill and capacity. The Godhead is defined as that thing which appears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/in-one-african-myth-the-word-for-god-is-even-identical-with-skill-and/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [“Jung said that to be in a situation where there is no way out or to be in a conflict where there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/jung-said-that-to-be-in-a-situation-where-there-is-no-way-out-or-to/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [Especially in times of collective neurosis, the existence of . . . mature people is of crucial importance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/especially-in-times-of-collective-neurosis-the-existence-of-mature/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [Jung even asserted that he would have no objection to regarding the psyche as a quality of matter and matter as a concrete aspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/jung-even-asserted-that-he-would-have-no-objection-to-regarding-the/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [To sum up: numbers appear to represent both an attribute of matter and the unconscious foundation of our mental process. For this reason, number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/to-sum-up-numbers-appear-to-represent-both-an-attribute-of-matter-and/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [“Number ... should not be understood solely as a construction of consciousness, but also as an archetype and thus as a constituent of nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/number-should-not-be-understood-solely-as-a-construction-of/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [“The philosophical system with which we try to interpret contents of the unconscious is open to still more, and that is the way in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/the-philosophical-system-with-which-we-try-to-interpret-contents-of/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [ If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious, it can bestow this gift \[of renewal\], so that suddenly life, which… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/if-a-man-devotes-himself-to-the-instructions-of-his-own-unconscious/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [A human being in a neurotic state might very well be compared to a bewitched person, for people caught in a neurosis are apt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/a-human-being-in-a-neurotic-state-might-very-well-be-compared-to-a/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

> [“We always tend to keep within ourselves threshold reactions such as a little doubt, or a little impulse not to do something. If the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-louise-von-franz/we-always-tend-to-keep-within-ourselves-threshold-reactions-such-as-a/)

[Marie-Louise von Franz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-louise-von-franz/)

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