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Quotes by Carl Jung

Born: 26th July 1875, Died: 6th June 1961
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology.
Welcome to our page featuring a captivating collection of insights and wisdom from the renowned Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Carl Jung. Dive into the depths of Jung's profound observations on the human psyche and discover the innovative ideas that continue to shape the field of psychology. Explore the intricate complexities of the unconscious mind, the significance of dreams, and the transformative power of individuation. Immerse yourself in Jung's thought-provoking concepts, as his words shed light on the mysteries of the human experience and offer guidance for personal growth and self-discovery. Gain a deeper understanding of Jung's contributions to psychology and unravel the secrets of the human soul through this compelling compilation of his most influential quotes.

A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music. Read Summary

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. Read Summary

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Read Summary

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

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

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. Read Summary

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. Read Summary

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. Read Summary

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

I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life. Read Summary

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

There is no birth of consciousness without pain. Read Summary

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. Read Summary

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? Read Summary

A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning. Read Summary

The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown. Read Summary

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable. Read Summary

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition. Read Summary

The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it. Read Summary

Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood? Read Summary