Carl Jung

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid. ”

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. ”

Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness. ”

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

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results. ”

Grounded in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages, alchemy formed a bridge: on the one hand into the past, to Gnosticism, and on the other into the future, to the modern psychology of the unconscious. ”

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. ”

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. ”

For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself. ”

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth. ”