Carl Jung Quotes

Swiss - Psychologist July 26, 1875 - June 6, 1961 Read full biography

The word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. - Carl Jung

The word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Carl Jung

Sad, Happy, Sadness, Lose, Meaning, Word

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

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

Alcohol, Addiction, Bad, Matter, Every

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. Carl Jung

Life, Patience, Darkness, Happy, Sadness

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

Dreams, Heart, Vision, Look, You, Looks

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. Carl Jung

Gratitude, Teacher, Appreciation, Child

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

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

Best, Darkness, People, Knowing, Own

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. - Carl Jung

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

Chaos, Secret, Order, Cosmos, Disorder

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

Meeting, Contact, Reaction, Two, Like

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. - Carl Jung

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung

Dreams, Looks, Inside, Outside, Who

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers. - Carl Jung

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers. Carl Jung

Health, Man, Healthy, Others, Turn, Who

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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. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more. Carl Jung

Science, Moment, Wine, Place, Vintage

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

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

Wisdom, Understanding, Others, Us, Lead

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. - Carl Jung

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. Carl Jung

Children, Parenting, Talk, Educated, His

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

Light, Darkness, Purpose, Human, Being

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. Carl Jung

Creative, Mind, Play, Acting, Creation

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. - Carl Jung

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. Carl Jung

Pain, Consciousness, Without, Coming

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

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

Man, Me, You, Will, Him, Show

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment. Carl Jung

Beautiful, Beautiful Woman, Woman, Rule

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself. Carl Jung

Man, Resistance, Individuality, Only

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate. - Carl Jung

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate. Carl Jung

Fate, Situation, Outside, Made, Inner

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. Carl Jung

Mind, Wrong, Right, Nonsense, Sense

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. - Carl Jung

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. Carl Jung

Knowledge, Alone, Truth, Error, Also

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune. Carl Jung

Pride, Small, Voice, Deep, Down, Out

We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society. Carl Jung

Truth, Society, Think, Resting, Personal

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. Carl Jung

Calm, Security, Results, Overcome, Leave

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

Intelligence, Mystery, Hands, Will, Vain

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