1,051 Quotes by Carl Jung

The Christian religion seems to have fulfilled its great biological purpose, in so far as we are able to judge. It has led human thought to independence, and has lost its significance, therefore, to a yet undetermined extent.... It seems to me that we might still make use in some way of its form of thought, and especially of its great wisdom of life, which for two thousand years has proven to be particularly efficacious.

What happens in the life of Christ happens always and everywhere. In the Christian archetype all lives of this kind are prefigured.

Nothing can rival the incredible rush the act of creation brings. Of crafting something you know is destined to be great for all time.

I would rather be whole than good.

Without freedom there can be no morality.

The maintenance of secrets acts like a psychic poison which alienates the possessor from the community.

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.

And just as I start to move past him, my hip accidentally rubs against his, and his face is so close, and his eyes so deep, that I can't help but lift my fingers to his smooth, sculptured cheek. Then without even thinking, I close my eyes, lean in, and kiss him.

Only a few individuals succeed in throwing off mythology in a time of a certain intellectual supremacy--the mass never frees itself.