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Human nature4 quotes
You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return. — Carl Jung · 1958Every civilized human being, whatever his conscious development, is still an archaic man at the deeper levels of his psyche. — Carl Jung · 1933People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung · 1944Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. — Carl Jung · 1916God2 quotes
You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return. — Carl Jung · 1958I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are as irresistibly attracted by Him. — Carl Jung · 1952God and man2 quotes
You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return. — Carl Jung · 1958I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are as irresistibly attracted by Him. — Carl Jung · 1952Reason2 quotes
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy. — Carl Jung · 1921The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. — Carl Jung · 1933Reason and emotion2 quotes
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy. — Carl Jung · 1921The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. — Carl Jung · 1933Yin and yang2 quotes
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. — Carl Jung · 1912There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. 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. — Carl Jung · 1960Addiction1 quote
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, or morphine or idealism. — Carl Jung · 1962Adversity1 quote
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. — Carl Jung · 1916Change starts at home1 quote
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves. — Carl Jung · 1939Civilization1 quote
Every civilized human being, whatever his conscious development, is still an archaic man at the deeper levels of his psyche. — Carl Jung · 1933Connecting with others1 quote
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. — Carl Jung · 1933Decisions and choices1 quote
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. — Carl Jung · 1933Decline of religion1 quote
You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return. — Carl Jung · 1958Distraction1 quote
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung · 1944Emotions1 quote
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy. — Carl Jung · 1921Existential terror1 quote
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung · 1944Facing oneself1 quote
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. — Carl Jung · 1944Fanaticism1 quote
Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt. — Carl Jung · 1935Happiness1 quote
There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. 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. — Carl Jung · 1960Imagination1 quote
Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. — Carl Jung · 1921Intuition1 quote
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. — Carl Jung · 1933Judging the past1 quote
Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. — Carl Jung · 1952Life1 quote
The secret is that only that which can destroy itself is truly alive. — Carl Jung · 1944Love1 quote
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. — Carl Jung · 1912Man as social animal1 quote
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. — Carl Jung · 1933Middle age1 quote
The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning. — Carl Jung · 1931Nature of life1 quote
The secret is that only that which can destroy itself is truly alive. — Carl Jung · 1944Night and day1 quote
There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. 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. — Carl Jung · 1960Overcoming adversity1 quote
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. — Carl Jung · 1916Parents and children1 quote
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves. — Carl Jung · 1939