Inspirational Quotes by Connie Zweig (American Minister)

To sin is to be off the mark, that is, to inhibit development, contracting backward into regression rather than expanding forward into growth.
—Connie Zweig
Topics: Growth, Sin, War, Act, Acting

Each of us wrestles with the dark giant in our own way.
—Connie Zweig
Topics: Rest

The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.
—Connie Zweig
Topics: Life, War, Work, Achieve

The shadow disguises itself in our projections, when we react intensely to a trait in others that we fail to see in ourselves.
—Connie Zweig
Topics: Act, Fail

As each layer of shadow is mined from the darkness, as each fear is faced and each projection reclaimed, the gold shines through.
—Connie Zweig
Topics: Fear, Gold

Once you uncover the history of this pattern and trace its roots, you will see that your reaction in the present moment is really a reaction from the past, a shadow character’s attempt to protect you from reexperiencing an old emotional wound, which instead sabotages you in the present.
—Connie Zweig
Topics: Character, Past, History, Act, Action

Unconscious of your story, you are in its grasp; but with consciousness, an alchemical process begins: The solidity of the complex dissolves and you can open up to the arrival of a new archetype, the birth of a new cycle of life. In the shadow, then, lies our myth and our fate.
—Connie Zweig
Topics: New, Fate, Life, Lies

Shadow-making happens in families and makes us who we are. It leads to shadow-work, which makes us who we can become.
—Connie Zweig
Topics: Lies, Work

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