--- title: "11 Shadow side Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Shadow side quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Shadow side sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/john-hagelin-43231_absence_just-as-darkness-is-born-of-the-absence_1326726.png" --- > [Just as darkness is born of the absence of light, the shadow side of our collective experience is born of ignorance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hagelin/just-as-darkness-is-born-of-the-absence-of-light-the-shadow-side-of/) [John Hagelin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hagelin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/john-hagelin-43231_absence_just-as-darkness-is-born-of-the-absence_1326726.png) > [We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/we-all-have-a-dark-side-most-of-us-go-through-life-avoiding-direct/) [Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/lorraine-toussaint-15991_aspect_we-all-have-a-dark-side-most-of-us-go-th_487371.jpg) > [ I was delighted with the film \[Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth\]; it almost made me want to be a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-was-delighted-with-the-film-payback-debt-and-the-shadow-side-of/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/margaret-atwood-40_cinema_i-was-delighted-with-the-film-payback-de_1862291.jpg) > [Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-weil/technology-has-a-shadow-side-it-accounts-for-real-progress-in/) [Andrew Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-weil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/094/andrew-weil-3294_accounts_technology-has-a-shadow-side-it-accounts_326965.jpg) > [Everybody naturally wants to abide in that highest frequency of the heart, and it is often through intimate relationships that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-friend/everybody-naturally-wants-to-abide-in-that-highest-frequency-of-the/) [John Friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-friend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/john-friend-19081_able_everybody-naturally-wants-to-abide-in-th_2587178.jpg) > [ The film \[Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth\] opens with an Albanian blood feud and goes on to delve into,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-film-payback-debt-and-the-shadow-side-of-wealth-opens-with-an/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/margaret-atwood-40_albanian_the-film-payback-debt-and-the-shadow-sid_1984913.jpg) > [There are things that are shadow sides of the creative energy that are negative and all that kind of stuff. The only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/there-are-things-that-are-shadow-sides-of-the-creative-energy-that/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/george-saunders-317_creative_there-are-things-that-are-shadow-sides-o_2224297.jpg) > [Strangely enough we strengthen love in ourselves when we raise into consciousness the shadow side of our lives. Conversely, when we keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-o-connor/strangely-enough-we-strengthen-love-in-ourselves-when-we-raise-into/) [Elizabeth O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/elizabeth-o-connor-47818_able_strangely-enough-we-strengthen-love-in-o_1839900.jpg) > [It was exciting to work with director Jennifer Baichwal, who made Manufactured Landscapes and others, on the film of Payback: Debt and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-was-exciting-to-work-with-director-jennifer-baichwal-who-made/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/margaret-atwood-40_book_it-was-exciting-to-work-with-director-je_1029795.jpg) > [“Still stands the forest primeval; but far away from its shadow, Side by side, in their nameless graves, the lovers are sleeping.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/still-stands-the-forest-primeval-but-far-away-from-its-shadow-side-by-2/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_brain_still-stands-the-forest-primeval-but-far_2499808.jpg) > [It followed us during half of our orbit. We observed it on the light side, and when we entered the shadow side,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-mikhailovich-afanasyev/it-followed-us-during-half-of-our-orbit-we-observed-it-on-the-light/) [Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-mikhailovich-afanasyev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bea/viktor-mikhailovich-afanasyev_flying-saucers_it-followed-us-during-half-of-our-orbit_1559598.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shadow-side/#itemlist", "name": "Shadow side Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Just as darkness is born of the absence of light, the shadow side of our collective experience is born of ignorance of the underlying truth of the unity of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Hagelin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hagelin/just-as-darkness-is-born-of-the-absence-of-light-the-shadow-side-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/john-hagelin-43231_absence_just-as-darkness-is-born-of-the-absence_1326726.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/john-hagelin-43231_absence_just-as-darkness-is-born-of-the-absence_1326726.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/john-hagelin-43231_absence_just-as-darkness-is-born-of-the-absence_1326726.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Just as darkness is born of the absence of light, the shadow side of our collective experience is born of…” — John Hagelin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all have a dark side. 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We observed it on the light side, and when we entered the shadow side, it disappeared completely. It was an engineered structure, made from some type of metal, approximately 40 meters long with inner hulls. The object was narrow here and wider here, and inside there were openings. Some places had projections like small wings. The object stayed very close to us. 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