Complexes Quotes

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Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. — Simone de Beauvoir
Complexes are psychic contents which are outside the control of the conscious mind. They have been split off from consciousness and lead a separate existence… — Carl Jung
In sleep, fantasy takes the form of dreams. But in waking life, too, we continue to dream beneath the threshold of consciousness, especially when under… — Carl Jung
Normally, we see characters that have God complexes. How interesting, I thought, it would be to capitalize on that. And say, OK, well fine, you… — Eriq La Salle
Out of the multitude of our sense experiences we take, mentally and arbitrarily, certain repeatedly occurring complexes of sense impression (partly in conjunction with sense… — Albert Einstein
It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot. Many to whom the first victory… — Adolf Galland
I knew damn well I would never be a movie star. It's too hard; and if you are intelligent, it's too embarrassing. My complexes aren't… — Holly Golightly
When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing. — Nana Mouskouri
My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946. — Henry Taube
There are two reasons why man loses contact with the regulating center of his soul. One of them is that some single instinctive drive or… — Carl Jung
Through its influence upon the unconscious, music can have a specific healing effect. It can help in eliminating repressions and resistances, and it can bring… — Roberto Assagioli
When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didnâ€™t go to university. I had an inferiority… — Helena Bonham Carter
I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time. — Charlotte Gainsbourg
Bodies do not produce sensations, but complexes of elements (complexes of sensations) make up bodies. — Ernst Mach
All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes. — Lionel Richie
Not every collision, not every punctilious trajectory by which billiard-ball complexes arrive at their calculable meeting places lead to reaction. ... Men (and women) are… — Roald Hoffmann
A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the… — Sigmund Freud
Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us. — Carl Jung
I have my dark side. You have your dark side. From the second that we have a brain, there are things that are not right… — Marjane Satrapi
Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting… — Paul Tournier

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