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 * The Shadow, of course never dies; we always cast a shadow. But how we relate to it, and it to us, depends on whether it is known. Once known, we have inevitably lost an innocence that can never be recovered. What replaces it is a knowledge of the complexity of our nature. Sometimes we are fortunate, and this knowledge elicits a kindness and tolerance in us for others — even, perhaps for ourselves.
 * Deena Metzger


 * The Shadow cannot be eliminated. It is the ever-present dark brother or sister. Whenever we fail to see where it stands, there is likely to be trouble afoot. For then it is certain to be standing behind us. The adequate question therefore never is: Have I a shadow problem? Have I a negative side? But rather: Where does it happen to be right now? When we cannot see it, it is time to beware! And it is helpful to remember Jung's formulation that a complex is not pathological per se. It becomes pathological only when we assume that we do not have it; because then IT HAS US!
 * Edward C. Whitmont


 * We cannot speak of the psyche as a thing that is or does this or that. At best we can speak of it indirectly by describing human behavior — the behavior of others and also our own subjective experience — as if it expressed aspects of a hypothetical pattern of meaning, as if a potential, encompassing wholeness were ordering the actions of the parts... a pattern of wholeness that can only be described symbolically.
 * Edward C. Whitmont in The Symbolic Quest (1969)


 * The issue of the Shadow isn’t a question of admitting faults. It’s a question of being shaken right down to your foundations by realizing that you are not as you appear — not to others, but also to yourself.
 * Liz Greene