“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
"There is no coming to consciousness without pain."
- Carl Jung
Awareness
"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism."
- Carl Jung
Awareness
"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."
- Carl Jung
Awareness
"The word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness."
- Carl Jung
Balance
"Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes."
- Carl Jung
Transformation
"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."
- Touko Aozaki
Insight
"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"
- Steven Wright
Insight
"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."
- Jack
Insight