One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

About Carl Jung

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Carl Gustav Jung ( YUUNG; Swiss Standard German: [ˈkarl ˈjʊŋ]; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. He was a prolific author of over twenty books, illustrator, correspondent, and academic, best known for his concept of...

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Science… is part and parcel of our knowledge and obscures our insight only when it holds that the understanding given by it is the only kind there is.

First it was passion, then it became duty, and finally an intolerable burden.

passion duty burden

If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

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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