Carl Jung Quotes

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.

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

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 a vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

We should know what our convictions are and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy conscious or unconscious depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore it is wise to be as clear as possible about one's subjective principles. As the man is so will be his ultimate truth.

So they speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness forgetting that happiness is itself poisoned if the measure of suffering has not been fulfilled.

The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man.

Seldom or perhaps never does a marriage develop into an individual relationship smoothly and without crises there is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Protection and security are only valuable if they do not cramp life excessively.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

The psychotherapist learns little or nothing from his successes. They mainly confirm him in his mistakes while his failures on the other hand are priceless experiences in that they not only open up the way to a deeper truth but force him to change his views and methods.

Whatever piece of unconscious we take and work through brings light to humanity.

The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.

The primary cause of unhappiness in the world today is ... lack of faith.

We cannot change anything unless we accept it.

The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.

Relationships must be fostered as far as possible and maintained, and thus a morbid transference can be avoided.

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

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.