Linandara

“Authentic grief is humbling; it causes the ego to face forces that are much greater than it can even imagine and it teaches us how to find gain in loss. With authentic grief, then, our profane wound becomes a sacred wound, permitting us to molt out of the cocoon into a wholly new life. Going through the wound like a gateway, we emerge transformed”
― Connie Zweig, Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life

“Eventually, she discovered that she could respect some of his traits without becoming him.”
― Connie Zweig, Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life

“an ounce of honest pride is better than a ton of false humility, although an ounce of true humility is worth an ounce of honest pride”
― Aleister Crowley

“The “central defect of evil,” says Scott Peck, “is not the sin but the refusal to acknowledge it.”1 What we cannot face will catch us from behind. When we gain the true strength to acknowledge our imperfect moral condition, we are no longer possessed by demons.”
― Connie Zweig, Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature