Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a... - C.G. Jung

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."

"How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole"

"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being."

"With a truly tragic delusion,” Carl Jung noted, “these theologians fail to see that it is not a matter of proving the existence of the light, but of blind people who do not know that their eyes could see. It is high time we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to teach people the art of seeing."

"The majority of my patients consisted not of believers but of those who had lost their faith."