Areas Quote by Karen Horney

The shadow disguises itself in our projections, when we react intensely to a trait in others that we fail to see in ourselves.

— Connie Zweig

“The evil components of our shadow are the part of us that we deplore, the part of us that we prefer not to admit.…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Developing our “true” self requires us to know, accept, and integrate all parts of our selves, including our Shadow elements.”

— Beatrice Chestnut

The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically he steps…

— Eugen Herrigel

A person does not...stand motionless and clear before our eyes with his merits, his defects, his plans, his intentions with regard to ourself exposed…

— Marcel Proust

“Hesitancy occurs when an intuition is suppressed by the power of the mind. The body knows what is correct in every cell of its…

— Richard Rudd

The Shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort.…

— Carl Jung

“If the glare of the public eye has become unbearable, our inner child may claim its rights and our bodily shadow might turn into…

— Erik Pevernagie

“A powerful spiritual practice is consciously to allow the diminishment of ego when it happens without attempting to restore it. I recommend that you…

— Eckhart Tolle

You can make yourself feel better about yourself if you project your shadow side, if you project your own potential for evil onto someone…

— Jennifer Beals

“In order to protect its own control and sovereignty the ego instinctively puts up a great resistance to the confrontation with the shadow; when…

— Connie Zweig

Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individuals conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts,…

— Carl Jung