If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.

Carl Jung

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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an under... by Carl Jung

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

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The greatest potential for growth and self-realisation exists in... by Carl Jung

The greatest potential for growth and self-realisation exists in the second half of life.

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We don't so much solve our problems as we outgrow them. We add capacities and experiences that eventually make us bigger than the problems.

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Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge. by Carl Jung

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

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Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness's of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

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One finds one's destiny on the path one takes to avoid it. by Carl Jung

One finds one's destiny on the path one takes to avoid it.

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The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the wo... by Carl Jung

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

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Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

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Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doin... by Carl Jung

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

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The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. by Carl Jung

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

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Everyone you meet knows something you don't know but need to know... by Carl Jung

Everyone you meet knows something you don't know but need to know. Learn from them.

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The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you... by Carl Jung

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

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VOCATUS ATQUE NON VOCATUS DEUS ADERIT. by Carl Jung

VOCATUS ATQUE NON VOCATUS DEUS ADERIT.

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The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to expe... by Carl Jung

The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering.

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The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your lif... by Carl Jung

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

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If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

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The most important question anyone can ask is: What myth am I liv... by Carl Jung

The most important question anyone can ask is: What myth am I living?

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Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.

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To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful. by Carl Jung

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

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