C.G. Jung
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. He is renowned for introducing concepts such as the collective unconscious, archetypes, and psychological types. Jung's work has profoundly influenced psychology, spirituality, and literature, bridging the gap between science and mysticism. His explorations into the human psyche continue to inspire scholars and therapists worldwide, making him a pivotal figure in understanding the complexities of the mind.
Book summaries for books written by C.G. Jung
Quotes
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown.
The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul.
Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself.
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.