Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
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More Quotes from Carl Jung
There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness.
Much of the evil in the world is due to the fact that man in general is hopelessly unconscious.
In all Chaos there is a Cosmos, In all Disorder a secret Order.
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
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The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.
When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?
Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form—an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the sphere of human existence.
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.
Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.
Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.
When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.
Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.
If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.
