The shoe that fits one person pinches another there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Carl Jung on life
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. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. Carl Jung on life
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. Carl Jung on love
A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music. Carl Jung on music
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. Carl Jung on parenting
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. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. Carl Jung on patience
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. Carl Jung on power
The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Carl Jung on sad
We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more. Carl Jung on science
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. 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 on teacher
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth. Carl Jung on truth
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not. Carl Jung on truth
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. Carl Jung on truth
Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable. Carl Jung on work
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. Carl Jung on addiction
Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness. Carl Jung on understanding