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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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...

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...

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who...

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who...

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...

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

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

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

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...

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its...

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its...

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 greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never...

The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never...

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 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...

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...

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...

Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can...

Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can...

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...

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.

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.

What is the best balance between comfortable habit and skeptical questioning, between following community traditions...

What is the best balance between comfortable habit and skeptical questioning, between following community traditions...

Don't confuse having a career with having a life.

Don't confuse having a career with having a life.