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. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

Quote by Carl Jung

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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that...

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that...

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its...

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its...

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...

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.

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

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

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there...

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there...

A scream is always just that - a noise and not music.

A scream is always just that - a noise and not music.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who...

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who...

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years...

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years...

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

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...

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...

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other...

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other...

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

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

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there...

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there...

Even the happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happiness'...

Even the happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happiness'...

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...

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...

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...