Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a great Swiss psychiatrist and an influential thinker and the founder of Analytical Psychology. His work has influenced psychology, religion and literature. Jung believed that we prevent ourselves from becoming autonomous, fulfilled and ultimately happy by our refusal to open ourselves to experiences that are new and unfamiliar, and thus potentially threatening to our sense of self. Jung claimed that people generally pursue a life that is safe, uncomplicated, and familiar – predictable and unchanging.
Carl G. Jung Quotes
Man needs difficulties, they are necessary for health.
There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history.
I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God.
Good. There are many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. 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.