Carl Jung quotes

Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. His work introduced concepts such as the collective unconscious, archetypes, and individuation to psychology. He profoundly influenced not only psychiatry, but also philosophy, literature, and religious studies. Here are 298 of his quotes:

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. (Carl Jung)
Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge. View quote
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. View quote
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You are what you do, not what you say you'll do. View quote
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The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. View quote
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Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. View quote
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Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. View quote
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Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. View quote
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Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. View quote
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Your vision will be clearer only when you manage to see within your heart. View quote
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain. (Carl Jung)
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. View quote
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The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. View quote
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. View quote
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Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. View quote
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If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool. View quote
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Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble. View quote
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The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. View quote
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We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. View quote
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If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves. View quote
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In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. (Carl Jung)
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. View quote
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Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. View quote
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It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves. View quote
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Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself. View quote
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Carl Jung

Occupation: Swiss Psychiatrist
Born: July 26, 1875
Died: June 6, 1961
Quotes count: 298
Wikipedia: Carl Jung

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