Quotes [13AUG2023]

"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of."

- Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)

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(PS: That's my handwriting.)

Notable Quotes #1 - Joseph Campbell & Carl Jung

“Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, “This is what I need.” It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment -not discouragement- you will find the strength there. Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. What a privilege!! This is when the spontaneity of your own nature will have a chance to flow. Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures, followed by wreckage, were the incidents that shaped the life you have now. You’ll see this is really true. Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.”


-- Joseph Campbell

This quote had me thinking of the one I use under the title of this blog...

"I am am not what happened to me, I am what I chose to become." -- Carl Jung

How you go about your trials makes all the difference, and how you move on from them even more so. Funny how this is actually what the article that I'm writing for Thursday explores, isn't it? ;-)


(Also: Thanks to The Daily Love, via their daily e-mail today, for the amazing Joseph Campbell quote!)