Quotes About Depth

As the mind explores the symbol, it is led to ideas that lie beyond the grasp of reason.

become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.

The psyche is still a foreign, almost unexplored country of which we have only indirect knowledge; it is mediated by conscious functions that are subject to almost endless possibilities of deception.

How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.

You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.

Todo el mundo tiene algún secreto. Como hace una ostra con un grano de arena, lo enterramos a gran profundidad en nuestro interior y lo cubrimos con capas opalescentes, como si eso pudiera curar nuestra herida mortal.

Meditarias: as pessoas falam coisas, e por trás do que falam há o que sentem, e por trás do que sentem há o que são e nem sempre se mostra. Há os níveis não formulados, camadas imperceptíveis, fantasias que nem sempre controlamos, expectativas que quase nunca se cumprem e sobretudo como dizias, emoções.

Cuidado com as ilusões, mocinha, profundas e enganosas feito o mar que é teu elemento.

Wisdom is neither good nor bad, male nor female, Christian or pagan: she is no one's personal possession. The Goddess of Wisdom reaches down to the depths of our need. Her simple being is so vastly present that we have not noticed it. Indeed, we have not known the depths of our need nor that any assuaging wisdom was near at hand.

First, distraction remains a destroyer of depth.

Be disciple of depth in shallow world.

The shallow work that increasingly dominates the time and attention of knowledge workers is less vital than it often seems in the moment.

The Principle of Least Resistance, protected from scrutiny by the metric black hole, supports work cultures that save us from the short-term discomfort of concentration and planning, at the expense of long-term satisfaction and the production of real value. By doing so, this principle drives us toward shallow work in an economy that increasingly rewards depth.

recognize a truth embraced by the most productive and important personalities of generations past: A deep life is a good life.

Spend enough time in a state of frenetic shallowness and you permanently reduce your capacity to perform deep work.

hub-and-spoke-style arrangement: Expose yourself to ideas in hubs on a regular basis, but maintain a spoke in which to work deeply on what you encounter.

A deep life is a good life.

Si queremos triunfar, debemos producir lo mejor que nuestras capacidades nos permitan producir: se trata de una labor que requiere trabajo profundo.

How you'll support your work. Your ritual needs to ensure your brain gets the support it needs to keep operating at a high level of depth.

example, need to focus on doing serious journalism—diving into complicated

Their rituals minimized the friction in this transition to depth, allowing them to go deep more easily and stay in the state longer. If they had instead waited for inspiration to strike before settling in to serious work, their accomplishments would likely have been greatly reduced.

the whiteboard effect. For some types of problems, working with someone else at the proverbial shared whiteboard can push you deeper than if you were working alone. The presence of the other party waiting for your next insight—be it someone physically in the same room or collaborating with you virtually—can short-circuit the natural instinct to avoid depth.

Treat shallow work with suspicion because its damage is often vastly underestimated and its importance vastly overestimated.

even though we're not capable of spending a full day in a state of blissful depth, this reality shouldn't reduce the urgency of reducing shallow work, as the typical knowledge workday is more easily fragmented than many suspect.