Carl Jung Quotes

My mandalas were cryptograms concerning the state of the self which was presented to me anew each day...I guarded them like precious pearls....It became increasingly plain to me that the mandala is the center. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the center, to individuation.

It is easy to live multiple lives! What is hard is to be a whole person

A mandala is the psychological expression of the totality of the self.

The self holds both a hell and a heaven.

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.

Once you accept and rejoice in your authenticity, you begin to see things as YOU are. You begin to see the authentic self is the Soul made visible. Godspeed on your journey to wholeness.

The mandala is an archetypal image whose occurrence is attested throughout the ages. It signifies the wholeness of the self. This circular image represents the wholeness of the psychic ground or, to put it in mythic terms, the divinity incarnate in man.

The search for total knowledge starts from the Self and finds its fulfillment in coming back to the Self, finding that everything is the expression of the Self - everything is the expression of my own Self.

Central to Jungian psychology is the concept of "individuation," the process whereby a person discovers and evolves his Self, as opposed to his ego. The ego is a persona, a mask created and demanded by everyday social interaction, and, as such, it constitutes the center of our conscious life, our understanding of ourselves through the eyes of others. The Self, on the other hand, is our true center, our awareness of ourselves without outside interference, and it is developed by bringing the conscious and unconscious parts of our minds into harmony.

It takes time to understand yourself, to go inside yourself and to question yourself and really take yourself to task. That's self-expression.

True healing comes from owning and accepting all of life's energies within ourselves....When they are allowed to be expressed, they take their places as important facets of our nature. There is no split between 'good' and 'bad.'

Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible.

One's own self is well hidden from one's own self; of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up.

Sometimes, when you're not getting a whole lot of attention, you're actually walking the right path.

Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.

The unmet need that can get met right now is the need to be whole, to be both your magnificent, divine self and your imperfect, human self.

We talk about self-expression but need to pause and remember that self-expression requires a self to express.

There is a subtle but inescapable connection between the "sacred" attitude and the acceptance of one's in most self.

Balance is not to be sought by association with others; it must exist within one's self.

You are present in your life on earth at this moment for the purposes of living, loving, learning, and growing. Be assured that life can reliably provide a wide variety of adventures, experiences, and situations that may require you to draw from the depths of your being. Your level of self-awareness and manner of expression can determine the quality of living you experience. Why? Because you get back what you give out.

An individual's harmony with his or her 'own deep self' requires not merely a journey to the interior but a harmonizing with the environmental world.

Through true love, you touch inner completeness.

Some seekers will do anything for their Self-realisation - except work for it.

There is no story that is you or that leads to you. Every story leads away from you.

Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.