Quotes from Carl Jung

Part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to laws of space and time.

The unconscious is the unwritten history of mankind from time unrecorded.

...anyone who attempts to do both, to adjust to his group and at the same time pursue his individual goal, becomes neurotic.

We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.

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.

Once upon a time men were possessed by devils. Now they are not less obsessed by ideas

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

It is indeed time for the clergyman and the psychotherapist to join forces.

...consciousness can keep only a few images in full clarity at one time, and even this clarity fluctuates.

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

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

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

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.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort. They are found-given-by experience.

Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.

Nothing is possible without love ... For love puts one in a mood to risk everything.

Nothing is possible without love.

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

There is no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert. Such a person would be in the lunatic asylum.

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.

Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books.

Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide

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