Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Quote by Carl Jung

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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...

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...

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...

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

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...

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...

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'...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

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

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

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

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

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...