The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933)
CJ
Carl Jung quotes
1875-1961 ยท Philosophers and ancient wisdom
Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology.
8 quotes, 8 traced to where Jung said or wrote them.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933)
The meaning and design of a problem seem not to lie in its solution, but in our working at it incessantly.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933)
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933)
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
The Integration of the Personality (1939)
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1963)
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1963)
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
'The Transcendent Function' (1916)