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.

Quote by Carl Jung

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Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.

Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the...

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the...

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

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

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

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in...

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in...

I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life...

I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life...

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own...

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own...

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; where power predominates, there love is...

Where love rules, there is no will to power; where power predominates, there love is...

The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never...

The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never...

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest...

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest...

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

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

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first...

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first...

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love...

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love...

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

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

Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can...

Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can...

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

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

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as...

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as...

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too...

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too...