Quotes by Carl Jung

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

"Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering."

"Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other."

"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."

"There is no coming to consciousness without pain."

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

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

"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."

"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."