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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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.

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...

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 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.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine...

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine...

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...

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...

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.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

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...

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...

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

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

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

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

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

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...

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 starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection...

The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection...

Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.

Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...