Carl G. Jung quotes
I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are noted for their special virtuousness, for they radiate an atmosphere of the torture they inflict on themselves. That is not a virtue but a vice.
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart . Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
A "scream" is always just that - a noise and not music.
A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
Good. There are many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
How indeed? He copes, like everybody else, as well as he can, that's all. And it's usually deplorably enough.