Carl Jung Quotes
Quote 1. - “Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purpose through him.” Carl Jung
Quote 2. - “I could not say I believe — I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God.” Carl Jung
Quote 3. - “I cannot love anyone if I hate myself. That is the reason why we feel so extremely uncomfortable in the presence of people who are noted for their special virtuousness, for they radiate an atmosphere of the torture they inflict on themselves. That is not a virtue but a vice.” Carl Jung
Quote 4. - “The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.” Carl Jung
Quote 5. - “We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.” Carl Jung
Quote 6. - “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” Carl Jung
Quote 7. - “The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” Carl Jung
Quote 8. - “Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.” Carl Jung
Quote 9. - “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.” Carl Jung
Quote 10. - “An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.” Carl Jung
Quote 11. - “Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.” Carl Jung
Quote 12. - “Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.” Carl Jung
Quote 13. - “Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” Carl Jung
Quote 14. - “Death is psychologically as important as birth. Shrinking away from it is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.” Carl Jung
Quote 15. - “Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.” Carl Jung
Carl Jung was born July 26, 1875, Kesswil and died June 6, 1961, Küsnacht. He was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology.He emphasized understanding the psyche through exploring the worlds of dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy.