Identity Quote by Antero Alli

Central to Jungian psychology is the concept of "individuation," the process whereby a person discovers and evolves his Self, as opposed to his ego.…

— Morris Berman

Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent and experiencer.…

— Adi Shankara

“What, then, is active imagination? In practice it’s exactly what Jung did in his visions and conversations with inner figures such as Philemon, Ka,…

— Gary Valentine Lachman

“Jung recognized that society advances only slowly, through the gradual integration of new insights gleaned through the often unrecorded work of individuals, whose attempts…

— Gary Valentine Lachman

“It was an alarming thought that these false selves should still have me in their power, and in my bewilderment I began wondering whether…

— Anna Kavan

“Although we experience the ego as the continuing centre of our existence it is, in fact, merely the Self’s executive. ‘For indeed our consciousness…

— Anthony Stevens

“Jung also developed the idea of archetypes and the collective unconscious. He believed that far from being a mass of individual minds, humanity was…

— Rob Parnell

“The simple, brief experience of imagining oneself as another transformed both self-perception and, through this transformation, behavior. The maxim “fake it till you make…

— Cordelia Fine

“The ego (one’s self-perception) is a very shaky structure, easily undermined by unconscious drives and desires. It is possible to repress those drives for…

— Renata Salecl

Self is a construct, a feeling, an identity that is internal and can neither be given nor taken away by others. We develop and…

— Judith M Bardwick

Awakening is waking up from the daytime dream and realizing that who you thought you were is not limited to thought, emotion or form.…

— Katie Davis

The authentic self is the best part of a human being. It's the part of you that already cares, that is already passionate about…

— Andrew Cohen