What is essential in a work of art is that it should rise far above the realm of personal life and speak to the spirit and heart of the poet as man to the spirit and heart of mankind

Quote by Carl Gustav Jung

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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...

Creative minds are rarely tidy

Creative minds are rarely tidy

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without...

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without...

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.

You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return.

You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return.

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.

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know...

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know...

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...

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of...

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of...

This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the theater where the dreamer...

This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the theater where the dreamer...

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on their children, than...

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on their children, than...

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

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.

Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier...

Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier...

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome...

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome...

The true leader is always led

The true leader is always led

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Leadership used to be about creating certainty. Now it is about leading uncertainty

Leadership used to be about creating certainty. Now it is about leading uncertainty