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"What you resist, persists. What you accept, transforms."

— Carl Jung

Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.

Not a Stoic. Carl Jung is classed as Contemplative & Other: Voices from outside the Greco-Roman tradition, included here for reflection. These are not Stoic in origin.

More quotes from Carl Jung

• "Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but when touching a human soul, be just another human soul."

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More from the Contemplative & Other collection

• "In nature, nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything is transformed."
  — Lavoisier
• "The man who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones."
  — Confucius
• "Do not wait for great leaders; do it yourself, person to person."
  — Mother Teresa
• "Constancy is the foundation of virtue."
  — Francis Bacon

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