Man is not a machine that can be remodeled for quite other purposes as occasion demands, in the hope that it will go on functioning as regularly as before but in a quite different way. He carries his whole history with him; in his very structure is written the history of mankind.

— Carl Jung

Man needs difficulties they are necessary for health.

— Carl Jung

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

— Carl Jung

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

— Carl Jung

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived lives of the parents.

— Carl Jung

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material but warmth is a vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

— Carl Jung

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

— Carl Jung

Protection and security are only valuable if they do not cramp life excessively.

— Carl Jung

Relationships must be fostered as far as possible and maintained, and thus a morbid transference can be avoided.

— Carl Jung

Seldom or perhaps never does a marriage develop into an individual relationship smoothly and without crises there is no coming to consciousness without pain.

— Carl Jung