Quotes about Unconscious

So much of a novelist's writing … takes place in the unconscious: in those depths the last word is written before the word appears on paper. We remember the details of our story, we do not invent them.

A major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious.

we are motivated to meet our needs for significance and security in ways we unconsciously believe will work.

The unconscious psyche believes in life after death

We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.

Natural selection is an inanimate process, devoid of consciousness, yet is a tireless refiner, an ingenious craftsman.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. —FROM "THE SAYINGS OF MUAD'DIB" BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

All the most powerful ideas in history go back to archetypes.

Your true passion should feel like breathing; it's that natural.

is probable that, like the illustrious author of the drama, all were unconscious of any incongruity between their sentiments and actions.

Your True Self is that part of you that knows who you are and whose you are, although largely unconsciously.

It seems we are not that free to be honest, or even aware, because most of our garbage is buried in the unconscious. So, it is absolutely essential that we find a spirituality that reaches to that hidden level. If not, nothing really changes.