“The ego must be able to listen attentively and to give itself, without any further design or purpose, to that inner urge toward growth. People living in cultures more securely rooted than our own have less trouble in understanding that it is necessary to give up the utilitarian attitude of conscious planning in order to make way for the inner growth of the personality.” PeopleWayGivingAblePurposeOrderCultureUnderstandingGrowthAttitudeTroubleDesignPersonalityEgoGiving UpConsciousPlanningUrgesRootedUtilitarianInner Growth Author:Marie-Louise von Franz
“The same fire that hardens the egg will melt the butter; and much depends on the personality type, whether you customarily rise to a challenge or whether you sink. For as long as I can remember, I have been a sinker. One challenge, and I drop like a rock.” LongHas BeensI CanRememberChallengesFireTroubleRocksTypePersonalityDependsEggsPersonality Types Book:A Window Over the Sink Source: A Window Over the Sink
“I never saw so intelligent a man have so much trouble in getting out a connected sentence. Ever since I have known him, he has desired to have a long talk with me, but he never gets started; and yet each time he meets me with renewed zest for the outpouring. It is like getting congealed liquid from a demijohn; you know the jug is large and full, but getting the contents out is the problem.” KnowsMenLongProblemKnownSawsTroublePersonalitySpeechIntelligentConnectedSentencesLiquidZestJugs Book:Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences Source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences
“I try to stay level-headed and it's always the way I've been. Sometimes your personality out in the real world, you want to take that into your sport because that's where you feel comfortable. You never want to try to do something that's not you or you don't feel comfortable doing. That's where you get in trouble. It's the only way I've played sports and done things. I'm low-key, but I'm very competitive and hate to lose.” WorldWayWantFeelsTryingRealSometimesDoneHateSportsLosesLevelsTroubleKeysPersonalityComfortableLowsReal WorldLow KeyLevel Headed Author:Eli Manning
“I have trouble sleeping, at the end of the night. There's a lot of stimulus and my brain is processing a lot of different arcs and personalities. I'm always processing things, so I don't sleep.” DifferentEndsNightSleepBrainTroublePersonalityStimulusArcsProcessingTrouble Sleeping Author:Tatiana Maslany