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

Quote by Carl Jung

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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 starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection...

The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection...

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own...

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own...

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

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...

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...

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...

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...