The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

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.

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.

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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...

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love...

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love...

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...

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...

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman...

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman...

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

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...

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...

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 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.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

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.