Quotes: Carl Jung

"The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist 

via: Commonplace Book, 2024, 2025, p. 63. 

Quotes: Carl Jung

"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."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist 

via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2009, p. 190. 

Quotes: Carl Jung

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist 

via: Commonplace Book 2006-2009, 2007, p. 84.

Quotes: Carl Jung

 "We cannot change anything unless we accept it."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist 

Source: Oliver Burkeman. Meditations for Mortals. Toronto: Allen Lane/Penguin Random House Canada, 2024; p. 60. 

via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 34.

Quotes: Harriet Rubin

"Carl Jung said that people are more frightened of their strengths than they are of their weaknesses. If we knew how good we are, Jung believed, we'd have to act on our potential." 

–– Harriet Rubin (b. 1952), American writer 

Source: Harriet Rubin. Soloing: Realizing Your Life's Ambition. New York: Harper Business, 1999; p. 80.

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2002.

Quotes: Carl Jung

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist 

Source: Daily Philosopher, Instagram, March 11, 2024.

Quotes: Carl Jung

"Where your fear is, there your task is."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist 

Quotes: Carl Jung

"Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist 

Quotes 331: Carl Jung

"What did you do as a child that made the hours pass like minutes? Here is the key to your earthly pursuits." 

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist

via Sketchbook 9, 2009, p. 31