Quotation by

Carl Jung

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

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Sometimes, using your hands to work on a problem can lead to a solution when thinking alone does not help. This means practical, physical activity can reveal answers that pure reasoning might miss.

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