One cannot free oneself by bowing to the yoke, but by breaking it. Carl Jung More Quotes by Carl Jung More Quotes From Carl Jung Our unconscious is the key to our life's pursuits. Carl Jung unconscious pursuit keys Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort. They are found-given-by experience. Carl Jung faith-hope-love effort achievement To confront a person with their own shadow is to show them their own light. Carl Jung shadow light shows The longing for light is the longing for consciousness. Carl Jung longing consciousness light But we must not forget that only a very few people are artists in life; that the art of life is the most distinguished and rarest of all the arts. Carl Jung life-is people art Neurosis is an inner cleavage-the state of being at war with oneself. Carl Jung neurosis mental-illness war As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being. Carl Jung dream heart night Learn your theories as well as you can, but put them aside when you touch the miracle of the living soul Carl Jung miracle theory soul The experience of the self is always a defeat for the ego. Carl Jung defeat ego self But we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the programme of life's morning — for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true will at evening have become a lie. Carl Jung afternoon morning lying Invited or not, God is present. Carl Jung invited Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force Carl Jung giving-up too-much happiness We all must do what Christ did. We must make our experiment. We must make mistakes. We must live out our own version of life. And there will be error. If you avoid error you do not live. Carl Jung errors mistake christ Commendation heals; condemnation destroys. Carl Jung commendation condemnation heal I don't aspire to be a good man. I aspire to be a whole man. Carl Jung good-man whole men In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. Carl Jung secret-love thoughtful order The unconscious wants to flow into consciousness in order to reach the light, but at the same time it continually thwarts itself, because it would rather remain unconscious. That is to say, God wants to become man, but not quite. Carl Jung light men order The woman is increasingly aware that love alone can give her full stature, just as the man begins to discern that spirit alone can endow his life with its highest meaning. Fundamentally, therefore, both seek a psychic relation to the other, because love needs the spirit, and the spirit love, for their fulfillment. Carl Jung psychics relationship men Science is the art of creating suitable illusions which the fool believes or argues against, but the wise man enjoys for their beauty or their ingenuity, without being blind to the fact that they are human veils and curtains concealing the abysmal darkness of the unknowable Carl Jung wise believe art In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life. Carl Jung outlook-on-life essence acceptance
