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

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

There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as...

There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as...

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in...

Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in...

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who...

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who...

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.

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...

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.

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree...

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree...

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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.

In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders...

In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders...

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.