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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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...

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.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

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...

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

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

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

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.

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...

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play...

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play...

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

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

Where love reigns, there is no will to power; and where the will to power...

Where love reigns, there is no will to power; and where the will to power...

The word elief is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have...

The word elief is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have...

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...

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...

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'...

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...

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...

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 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...

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.