Dreams are symbolic in order that they cannot be understood; in order that the wish, which is the source of the dream, may remain unknown.
Carl Jung
Dreams, Symbolism, Unconscious Mind, Personal Insight, Emotional Balance, Inner Wisdom
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“Psychological type is nothing static – it changes in the course of life.” Carl Jung
Dynamic Psychology, Personality Evolution, Changing Self, Inner Growth, Psychological Fluidity, Life Shifts
Carl Jung Dynamic Psychology, Personality Evolution, Changing Self, Inner Growth, Psychological Fluidity, Life Shifts“Dawn is born at midnight.” Carl Jung
New Beginnings, Symbolic Time, Life Cycles, Hope, Darkness, Renewal
Carl Jung New Beginnings, Symbolic Time, Life Cycles, Hope, Darkness, Renewal“The apparently unendurable conflict is proof of the rightness of your life. A life without contradiction is only half a life; or else a life in the Beyond, which is destined only for angels. But God loves human beings more than the angels.” Carl Jung
Human Contradictions, Life Conflicts, Divine Love, Angelic Contrast, Rightness Proof, Full Life
Carl Jung Human Contradictions, Life Conflicts, Divine Love, Angelic Contrast, Rightness Proof, Full Life“The Christ-symbol is of the greatest importance for psychology in so far as it is perhaps the most highly developed and differentiated symbol of the self, apart from the figure of the Buddha.” Carl Jung
Symbolic Self, Christ Psychology, Buddha Insights, Psychology, Self, Symbol
Carl Jung Symbolic Self, Christ Psychology, Buddha Insights, Psychology, Self, Symbol“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” Carl Jung
Clear Visions, Inner Awakening, Heart Reflection, Visions, Dreams, Awakening
Carl Jung Clear Visions, Inner Awakening, Heart Reflection, Visions, Dreams, Awakening“The symbol in the dream has more the value of a parable: it does not conceal, it teaches.” Carl Jung
Dream Symbols, Parable Lessons, Subconscious Insights, Symbolic Teachings, Psychological Depth, Dream Interpretation
Carl Jung Dream Symbols, Parable Lessons, Subconscious Insights, Symbolic Teachings, Psychological Depth, Dream Interpretation“It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing.” Carl Jung
Art Of Seeing, Pointless Praise, Realization Need, Seeing, Art, Praise
Carl Jung Art Of Seeing, Pointless Praise, Realization Need, Seeing, Art, Praise“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” Carl Jung
Hands Mystery, Intellect Struggle, Solving Mystery, Hands, Intellect, Mystery
Carl Jung Hands Mystery, Intellect Struggle, Solving Mystery, Hands, Intellect, Mystery“Man cannot stand a meaningless life.” Carl Jung
Existential Crisis, Life Purpose, Inner Fulfillment, Meaning, Purpose, Value
Carl Jung Existential Crisis, Life Purpose, Inner Fulfillment, Meaning, Purpose, Value“We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions.” Carl Jung
Divine Guidance, Dreams, Spiritual Path, Visionary Experiences, Inner Wisdom, God’s Voice
Carl Jung Divine Guidance, Dreams, Spiritual Path, Visionary Experiences, Inner Wisdom, God’s Voice“My whole being was seeking for something still unknown which might confer meaning upon the banality of life.” Carl Jung
Seeking Unknown, Life Banality, Meaning Search, Being, Life, Meaning
Carl Jung Seeking Unknown, Life Banality, Meaning Search, Being, Life, Meaning“There is a deep need in the world just now for guidance – almost any sort of spiritual guidance.” Carl Jung
Spiritual Guidance, Inner Guidance, World Crisis, Need For Leadership, Personal Wisdom, Spiritual Awakening
Carl Jung Spiritual Guidance, Inner Guidance, World Crisis, Need For Leadership, Personal Wisdom, Spiritual Awakening“Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions.” Carl Jung
Shadow Self, Personal Growth, Self-awareness, Unconscious Mind, Inner Conflict, Psychological Insight
Carl Jung Shadow Self, Personal Growth, Self-awareness, Unconscious Mind, Inner Conflict, Psychological Insight“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.” Carl Jung
Emotional Power, Transformation Process, Inner Awakening, Darkness, Light, Emotion
Carl Jung Emotional Power, Transformation Process, Inner Awakening, Darkness, Light, Emotion“Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort. They are found-given-by experience.” Carl Jung
Human Effort, Life Achievements, Faith Insights, Faith, Hope, Love
Carl Jung Human Effort, Life Achievements, Faith Insights, Faith, Hope, Love“Medicines cure diseases, but only doctors can cure patients.” Carl Jung
Medical Care, Doctor’s Role, Healing Balance, Holistic Health, Patient Connection, Medical Wisdom
Carl Jung Medical Care, Doctor’s Role, Healing Balance, Holistic Health, Patient Connection, Medical Wisdom“My work as a psychoanalyst is to help patients recover their lost wholeness and to strengthen the psyche so it can resist future dismemberment.” Carl Jung
Psyche Recovery, Strengthening Wholeness, Lost Psyche, Psyche, Wholeness, Recovery
Carl Jung Psyche Recovery, Strengthening Wholeness, Lost Psyche, Psyche, Wholeness, Recovery“The unconscious is the unwritten history of mankind from time unrecorded.” Carl Jung
Unconscious Mind, History, Human Psyche, Unconscious, History, Psyche
Carl Jung Unconscious Mind, History, Human Psyche, Unconscious, History, Psyche“There was need of a phantastic, indestructible optimism, and one far removed from all sense of reality, in order, for example, to discover in the shameful death of Christ really the highest salvation and the redemption of the world.” Carl Jung
Enduring Optimism, Spiritual Salvation, Transcendent Hope, Optimism, Salvation, Redemption
Carl Jung Enduring Optimism, Spiritual Salvation, Transcendent Hope, Optimism, Salvation, Redemption