Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.
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More Quotes from Carl Jung
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.
The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and . . . each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.
I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud.
More on Alone
So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.
Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.
When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
I love people. I love my family, my children… but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.
I’m fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I’d like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don’t like being alone because they truly don’t like themselves, but I love me.
Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness.
