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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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...

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...

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...

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 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.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

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...

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

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.

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...

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...

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

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...

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...

Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is...

Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the...

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the...

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the...