The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Quote by Carl Jung

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The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years...

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The...

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that...

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that...

What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath...

What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath...

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor...

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor...