The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Quote by Carl Jung

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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.

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 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.

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

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

In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders...

In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders...

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.

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play...

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play...

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the...

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that...

Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that...

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

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...

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

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...

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.