Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Quote by Carl Gustav Jung

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This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the theater where the dreamer...

This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the theater where the dreamer...

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

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.

You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return.

You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return.

Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier...

Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier...

Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.

Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.

Good advice is often a doubtful remedy, but generally not dangerous because it has so...

Good advice is often a doubtful remedy, but generally not dangerous because it has so...

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of...

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of...

Sensation tell us a thing is. Thinking tell us what it is this thing is....

Sensation tell us a thing is. Thinking tell us what it is this thing is....

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...

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of...

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of...

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...

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of...

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of...

We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take...

We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take...

Everyone is in love with his own ideas

Everyone is in love with his own ideas

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn...

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn...

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know...

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know...

Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with...

Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with...

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.