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“From time immemorial, men have had ideas about a Supreme Being (one or several) and about the Land of the Hereafter. Only modern man thinks he can do without them.”
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams

“Here each of us must ask: Have I any religious experience and immediate relation to God, and hence that certainty which will keep me, as an individual, from dissolving int he crowd?”
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams

“It appears that the prostitute, not the salesman, best exemplifies the qualities indispensable to success in American society.”
― The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
― The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

“The individual who is not anchored in God can offer no resistance on his own resources to the physical and moral blandishments of the world.”
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
― The Undiscovered Self/Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams

“Dating for me in my twenties was like this musical-chairs thing. Everybody was running around and having fun. Then I hit thirty and it was like the music stopped and everybody started sitting down. I didn’t want to be the only one left without a chair. Sometimes I think I married my husband just because he was the closest chair to me at thirty. Sometimes I think I should have just waited for someone who might be a better partner, and maybe I should have, but that seemed risky. What I really wish I’d done is thought more about marriage sooner. Like when I was in my twenties.”
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
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