Nature has no use for the plea that one 'did not know'. Carl Jung More Quotes by Carl Jung More Quotes From Carl Jung 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 respecthopelove God enters through the wound. Carl Jung woundsendurancegrace When one is not understood one should as a rule lower one's voice, because when one really speaks loudly enough and is not heard, it is because people do not want to hear. One had better begin to mutter to oneself, then they get curious. Carl Jung voicewantpeople Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung beautifulinspirationallife Only one who has risked the fight with the dragon and is not overcome by it wins the "treasure hard to attain." He alone has a genuine claim to self-confidence, for he has faced the dark ground of his self and thereby has gained himself. This experience gives him faith and trust. Carl Jung self-confidencefightinginspirational Conflict exists strictly as an opportunity to raise our consciousness. Carl Jung conflictconsciousnessopportunity Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. Carl Jung parentingchildrenknowledge For better to come, good must stand aside. Carl Jung inspirational 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 sadhappinesslove The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others. Carl Jung politicalspiritualinspirational Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling. Carl Jung wisdomlifethinking When you are up against a wall, put down roots like a tree, until clarity comes from deeper sources to see over that wall and grow. Carl Jung positive-thinkingwallinspirational I cannot prove to you that God exists, but my work has proved empirically that the pattern of God exists in every man and that this pattern in the individual has at its disposal the greatest transforming energies of which life is capable. Find this pattern in your own individual self and life is transformed. Carl Jung energyselfmen The true leader is always led. Carl Jung true-leaderleaderleadership An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding contemporary events, and incapable of drawing right conclusions about the future. It is hypnotized by itself and therefore cannot be argued with. It inevitably dooms itself to calamities that must strike it dead. Carl Jung drawinglearningpast The creative mind plays with the object it loves. Carl Jung passionhappinesslove The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories. Carl Jung evilwritingpeople 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 christianinspirationalbelieve As a plant produces its flower, so the psyche creates its symbols. Carl Jung produceplantflower We discover ourselves through others. Carl Jung
