Age helps one to acquire some of the perspectives necessary to create harmony among apparent contradictions.
Roberto AssagioliOnly the development of his inner powers can offset the dangers inherent in man's losing control of the tremendous natural forces at his disposal and becoming the victim of his own achievements.
Roberto AssagioliWithout forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.
Roberto AssagioliThe will is not merely assertive, aggressive, and controlling. There is the accepting will, yielding will, the dedicated will. You might say that there is a feminine polarity to the will ā the willing surrender, the joyful acceptance of the other functions of the personality.
Roberto AssagioliWe are dominated by everything with which our self is identified. We can dominate and control everything from which we disidentify ourselves. The normal mistake we all make is to identify ourselves with some content of consciousness rather than with consciousness itself. Some people get their identity from their feelings, others from their thoughts, others from their social roles. But this identification with a part of the personality destroys the freedom which comes from the experience of the pure āIā.
Roberto Assagioli