Quotes by Carl Jung

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“ A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood it becomes a living experience. “

-Carl Jung-

A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood it becomes a living experience.

A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence.

We know that we do not conquer thirst by repressing it.

We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions.

The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

One must not only aim to win but also to win with grace.

In all chaos, there is a cosmos; in all disorder, a secret order.

The dream is a hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul.

The world holds the key to happiness, but the lock is inside you.

The person who views the world from the mountaintop does not see everything, but what he sees is significant.

The more conscious you are of your inner life, the less control it has over you.

Life as it appears to us is always a compromise between the soul's desire and the world's limitations.

No one sees the real me except myself, but I know I am not what I seem.

What you resist, persists. But what you face with awareness transforms.

The purpose of life is not to live, but to become aware of life.

The goal of psychology is to make the unconscious conscious.

You are not what happened to you, you are what you choose to become.

Every civilization has an unconscious of its own.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it only binds more tightly.

You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

Two souls don't meet accidentally. They meet because they have to learn or help each other.

The shadow personifies everything that the subject refuses to acknowledge about himself.

Life calls to us from everywhere, not through voice but through everything there is.

The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.

The purpose of life is not happiness. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Trust the unconscious mind, for it knows all things.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

The dream shows the dreamer where he or she stands psychologically.

The whole future lies in uncertainty. Live immediately.

The problem of human life is essentially psychological. It arises from the conflict between the conscious will and the unconscious instinct.

The fear of something is at the root of every error.

Love is one thing and a lover is another.

The only journey is the journey within.

No one is as annoying as those who do not know they are being annoying.

I do not believe in time. I only believe in moments.

The intuitive mind is a sacred instrument and the creative life cannot be ruled by the conscious will.

The purpose of psychology is to make the unconscious conscious.

Not knowing is sometimes a source of strength. What you don’t know doesn’t hurt you.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. Growth cannot take place without discomfort.

The confrontation with the shadow is the path of individuation.

The shadow is not what we think we are, but rather what we don't want to think we are.

The truth shall set you free, but first it will piss you off.

The soul that has tasted a single drop of heavenly mystery has lost interest in earthly ambitions.

Everything about you that goes unexpressed becomes part of your shadow.

Life is a process of individuation, of becoming who one is.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

The difference between perception and delusion is the action that follows.

Synchronicity is a meaningful coincidence that cannot be explained by cause and effect.

One of the most calamitous mistakes a parent can make is to try to shape their child's life according to their own.

The dream is a hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul, opening into that primeval cosmic night that was psyche long before there was any ego-consciousness.

The development of the personality is a lifelong process.

The world fears the man of power; it hates the man of truth.

We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, but only binds more tightly.

The greatest challenge for mankind is to find a meaning in his life.

The unconscious is not something ready-made, but something in continuous process of becoming.

The more important the call, the more certain is the doubt and the greater the resistance one meets.

What you resist, persists.

The world will ask you who you are and if you don't answer, it will tell you.

The highest task of a leader is to increase the possibility of those under him to become whole people.

Without the deepest wound, where would the strength to transcend one's self come from?

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.

The difference between good and evil is only a matter of degree.

Freedom stretches only as far as the limits of our consciousness.

The things that you are most afraid of can become your strongest allies.

The goal of the soul is not to be without flaws, but to live with the flaws it has.

No love is as blind as that of the mother for her child.

The world would be a better place if people took an inventory of their own shadow instead of blaming others for theirs.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Where you stumble falls your treasure.

The goal of life is not to live, but to become aware of life.

Meaningful coincidences that cannot be explained by cause and effect.

Everyone you meet is a part of your journey.

A dream is a small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens up to that primeval cosmic night that was the soul, long before there was the conscious ego.

The archetypes are the eternal possibilities of experience inherent in the human psyche.

The way of nature is: life seeks fulfillment.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

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

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

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.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

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.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

Hurry is not of the Devil; hurry is the Devil.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Filling the conscious mind with ideal conceptions is a characteristic of Western theosophy, but not the confrontation with the shadow and the world of darkness. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness cons

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born.

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.

Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.

Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.

Our blight is ideologies — they are the long-expected Antichrist!

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.

Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration?

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls.

Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.

Real liberation comes not from glossing over or repressing painful states of feeling, but only from experiencing them to the full.

Shame is a soul eating emotion.

We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

Irritations can teach us about ourselves.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The greatest and most important discovery of all time is that a man can change his own mind.

No one is truly complete until he or she finds someone and something to love.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

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Introducing Carl Jung

Carl Jung or was known as Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. His work significantly influenced psychology, philosophy, and spirituality. Jung developed key concepts such as the collective unconscious, archetypes, and the process of individuation, which focuses on personal development and self-realization. He was initially a close collaborator of Sigmund Freud but later broke away due to differing views, especially regarding the role of sexuality in human behavior. Jung’s ideas on introversion and extraversion also contributed to modern personality theory. His work has had a lasting impact on psychotherapy, religious studies, and even art and literature.