The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

Quote by Carl Jung

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

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

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

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...

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too...

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too...

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.

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...

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...

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

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...

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.

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...

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...

You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the...

You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the...

If youre going to doubt something, doubt your limits.

If youre going to doubt something, doubt your limits.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...