Intelligence resides between us as much as it resides in us. And it resides within the subconscious much more than it does the conscious. We’re just conscious-biased: our conscious mind wants us to think it’s the be all and end all.

James Rozoff
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We all have a part of us that is unconscious, and a part of us that is conscious. You can find this within yourself. You can find it in everyone around you. Through the unconscious you get to know yourself, and through the conscious you get to know others.

Source: The Association

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