A THREAD on thought provoking ideas by Carl Jung:
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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
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You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.
You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.
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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.
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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.
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There's no coming to consciousness without pain.
There's no coming to consciousness without pain.
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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.
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Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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What you resist, persists.
What you resist, persists.
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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.
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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.
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An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough.
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.
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough.
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.
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Wholeness is not achieved by cutting off a portion of one’s being, but by integration of the contraries.
Wholeness is not achieved by cutting off a portion of one’s being, but by integration of the contraries.
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Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument.
To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being.
Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument.
To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being.
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Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence.
Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence.
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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.
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My whole being was seeking for something still unknown which might confer meaning upon the banality of life.
My whole being was seeking for something still unknown which might confer meaning upon the banality of life.
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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
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