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82 Inspirational Carl Jung Quotes for Success in Life

Carl Gustav Jung (born 26 July 1875, Kesswil, Switzerland – died 6 June 1961, Küsnacht, Switzerland), was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, archaeology, anthropology, literature, philosophy and religious studies.

Carl Jung founded analytical psychology and was among the first experts in his field to explore the religious nature behind human psychology. He proposed and developed the concepts of the extraverted and the introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a popular psychometric instrument, has been developed from Jung's theory of psychological types. He is widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of psychology.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.
You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.
Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.
Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.
Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.
The capacity for directed thinking I call intellect; the capacity for passive or undirected thinking I call intellectual intuition.
The capacity for directed thinking I call intellect; the capacity for passive or undirected thinking I call intellectual intuition.
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem.
To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem.
A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood it becomes a living experience.
A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood it becomes a living experience.
As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing of, and for the most part do not want to know.
As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing of, and for the most part do not want to know.
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Carl Jung
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.
Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
I have always been impressed by the fact that there are a surprising number of individuals who never use their minds if they can avoid it, and an equal number who do use their minds, but in an amazingly stupid way.
I have always been impressed by the fact that there are a surprising number of individuals who never use their minds if they can avoid it, and an equal number who do use their minds, but in an amazingly stupid way.
There's no coming to consciousness without pain.
There's no coming to consciousness without pain.
Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.
Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
A special ability means a heavy expenditure of energy in a particular direction, with a consequent drain from some other side of life.
A special ability means a heavy expenditure of energy in a particular direction, with a consequent drain from some other side of life.
The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
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.
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.

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.

Carl Jung
Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.
Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud.
I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud.
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.
No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.
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.
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.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.
Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.
The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents.
The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents.
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.
Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.
The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire.
The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire.
Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health personal growth, individuation and self-actualisation.
Be grateful for your difficulties and challenges, for they hold blessings. In fact... Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health personal growth, individuation and self-actualisation.
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.
It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.
If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.
If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.

The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. That I feed the hungry, that I forgive an insult, that I love my enemy in the name of Christ -- all these are undoubtedly great virtues. What I do unto the least of my brethren, that I do unto Christ. But what if I should discover that the least among them all, the poorest of all the beggars, the most impudent of all the offenders, the very enemy himself -- that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness -- that I myself am the enemy who must be loved -- what then? As a rule, the Christian's attitude is then reversed; there is no longer any question of love or long-suffering; we say to the brother within us "Raca," and condemn and rage against ourselves. We hide it from the world; we refuse to admit ever having met this least among the lowly in ourselves.

Carl Jung

As any change must begin somewhere, it is the single individual who will experience it and carry it through. The change must indeed begin with an individual; it might be any one of us. Nobody can afford to look round and to wait for somebody else to do what he is loath to do himself.

Carl Jung

Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations are completely mired in madness? Do you not want to recognize your madness and welcome it in a friendly manner? You wanted to accept everything. So accept madness too. Let the light of your madness shine, and it will suddenly dawn on you. Madness is not to be despised and not to be feared, but instead you should give it life...If you want to find paths, you should also not spurn madness, since it makes up such a great part of your nature...Be glad that you can recognize it, for you will thus avoid becoming its victim. Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself is full of craziness and at bottom utterly illogical. Man strives toward reason only so that he can make rules for himself. Life itself has no rules. That is its mystery and its unknown law. What you call knowledge is an attempt to impose something comprehensible on life.

Carl Jung
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
Real liberation comes not from glossing over or repressing painful states of feeling, but only from experiencing them to the full.
Real liberation comes not from glossing over or repressing painful states of feeling, but only from experiencing them to the full.
How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.
How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.
I don’t aspire to be a good man. I aspire to be a whole man.
I don’t aspire to be a good man. I aspire to be a whole man.
A man's hatred is always concentrated upon that which makes him conscious of his bad qualities.
A man's hatred is always concentrated upon that which makes him conscious of his bad qualities.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
In each of us there is another whom we do not know.
In each of us there is another whom we do not know.
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
Shame is a soul eating emotion.
Shame is a soul eating emotion.
The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.
The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.
The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

I have frequently seen people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the questions of life. They seek position, marriage, reputation, outward success of money, and remain unhappy and neurotic even when they have attained what they were seeking. Such people are usually confined within too narrow a spiritual horizon. Their life has not sufficient content, sufficient meaning. If they are enabled to develop into more spacious personalities, the neurosis generally disappears.

Carl Jung
To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is.
To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is.
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
What you resist, persists.
What you resist, persists.

An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Carl Jung
The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others.
The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others.
About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis of our times.
About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis of our times.
The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories.
The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories.
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.
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.
Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day.
Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day.
Sensation tell us a thing is. Thinking tell us what it is this thing is. Feeling tells us what this thing is to us.
Sensation tell us a thing is. Thinking tell us what it is this thing is. Feeling tells us what this thing is to us.

It is often tragic to see how blatantly a man bungles his own life and the lives of others yet remains totally incapable of seeing how much the whole tragedy originates in himself, and how he continually feeds it and keeps it going.

Carl Jung
Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then that life was wasted...
Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then that life was wasted...
...anyone who attempts to do both, to adjust to his group and at the same time pursue his individual goal, becomes neurotic.
...anyone who attempts to do both, to adjust to his group and at the same time pursue his individual goal, becomes neurotic.
We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.
We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.
If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.
If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.
If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next.
Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next.
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.

Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life. Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and our ideals will serve us as hitherto. But we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s morning, for what was great in the morning will be little at evening and what in the morning was true, at evening will have become a lie.

Carl Jung

The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid fixing our interests upon futilities, and upon all kinds of goals which are not of real importance. Thus we demand that the world grant us recognition for qualities which we regard as personal possessions: our talent or our beauty. The more a man lays stress on false possessions, and the less sensitivity he has for what is essential, the less satisfying is his life. He feels limited because he has limited aims, and the result is envy and jealousy. If we understand and feel that here in this life we already have a link with the infinite, desires and attitudes change.

Carl Jung
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