C.G. Jung Quotes

One could say, with a little exaggeration, that the persona is that which in reality one is not, but which oneself as well as others think one is.

This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the theater where the dreamer is at once: scene, actor, prompter, stage manager, author, audience, and critic.

As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing of, and for the most part do not want to know.

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

So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries.

I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.

Intuition is one of the four basic psychological functions along with thinking, feeling,and sensing.

Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.

The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection.

Shadow work is the path of the heart warrior.

There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.

If you have love, even plain cold water is sweet.

Perhaps, I myself am the enemy who needs to be loved.

I've had so many great experiences in my life, of living total free will, that I wouldn't change it for all the gold in the earth.

Wholeness is not achieved by cutting off a portion of one’s being, but by integration of the contraries.

You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things.

Where love stops, power begins, and violence, and terror

Are you smiling? I'm so angry it kills me. So angry I'm going crazy. I'm just going to wait today. Just today.

Everyone is curious about the intentions of their enemies.

Learn your theories as well as you can, but put them aside when you touch the miracle of the living soul

Synchronicity reveals the meaningful connections between the subjective and objective world.

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.

It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.

One must be able to let things happen.

The ability to ask questions is the greatest resource in learning the truth.

Sometimes you have to do something unforgivable just to be able to go on living.

There is no light without shadow, and no psychic wholeness without imperfection.

People don't grow up to become thrill junkies - they're born like that.

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.

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.

One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself.

We discover ourselves through others.

The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others.

What you resist persist.

Nature does not deceive or conceal, but reveals.

If you are unhappy, you are too high up in your mind.

I must also have a dark side if I am to be whole.

The true leader is always led.

Embrace your grief. For there, your soul will grow.

Psychiatrists classify a person as neurotic if he suffers from his problems in living, and a psychotic if he makes others suffer.

Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

All true things must change and only that which changes remains true.

Commendation heals; condemnation destroys.

Neurosis is the suffering of a soul which has not discovered its meaning.

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

I hope there's a life after life - and maybe I can even come back again and get on another train, and ride and gain some more wisdom.

Enlightenment doesnt occur from sitting around visualizing images of light, but from integrating the darker aspects of the Self into the conscious personality.

You always become the thing you fight the most.

Wisdom accepts that all things have two sides

Also, I would cry at the words 'I miss you' after I left my family