In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.

Quote by Carl Jung

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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...

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

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

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...

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

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...

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.

Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.

Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with...

Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with...

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The...

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The...

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'...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual...

The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual...

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.

All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we...

All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we...

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...

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...