Carl Jung Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Carl Jung quotes, Carl Jung sayings, and Carl Jung proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Science has destroyed even the refuge of the inner life. What was once a sheltering haven has become a place of terror Carl Jung
We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more. Carl Jung
The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole. Carl Jung
Medicines cure diseases, but only doctors can cure patients. 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
Every true and deep love is a sacrifice. Carl Jung
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. Carl Jung
The answer to human life is not to be found within the limits of human life. Carl Jung
No psychic value can disappear without being replaced by another of equivalent intensity. Carl Jung
Everything psychic is pregnant with the future. Carl Jung
The psychic depths are nature, and nature is creative life. Carl Jung
Every psychic advance of man arises from the suffering of the soul. Carl Jung
What usually has the strongest psychic effect on the child is the life which the parents have not lived. Carl Jung
We are a psychic process which we do not control, or only partly direct. Consequently, we cannot have any final judgment about ourselves or our lives. Carl Jung
I don't aspire to be a good man. I aspire to be a whole man. Carl Jung
Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration? Carl Jung
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung
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 to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. Carl Jung
The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire. Carl Jung
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. Carl Jung
Wholeness is not achieved by cutting off a portion of one’s being, but by integration of the contraries. Carl Jung
The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire. Carl Jung
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 to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. Carl Jung
Nature does not deceive or conceal, but reveals. Carl Jung
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart . Who looks inside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung
The judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth. Carl Jung
We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more. Carl Jung
Protection and security are only valuable if they do not cramp life excessively. Carl Jung
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances. If there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Jung
The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Carl Jung