Carl Jung Quotes

In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.

It may take a little self-discipline - be simple, be kind, stay rested. Attend to your own inner-health and happiness.

Today I feel that I shall win through. I have come to the gateway of the simple; I am now content to see things as they are. I have gained freedom myself; I shall allow freedom to others. In my work will be my salvation.

After a while, you have to be at peace with the fact that you simple are

I'm easy driving, But I'm not a person who loves living pleasantly above all else. I'm not that way at all. I might think I'm that, but I'm not really that.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

With renunciation life begins.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.

To just let go, and not pick everything to death. To just let go and enjoy what you had. To just let go and not make everybody around you miserable with your own internal dialogue. To just let go and be happy. So simple. So difficult. So terrifying.

Trust that through the balm of simplicity your frazzled and weary soul can discover the place where you ought to be. Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that's right for each of us.

The emotional wisdom of the heart is simple. When we accept our human feelings, a remarkable transformation occurs. Tenderness and wisdom arise naturally and spontaneously. Where we once sought strength over others, now our strength becomes our own; where we once sought to defend ourselves, we laugh.

Let us first be as simple and well as Nature ourselves, dispel the clouds which hang over our brows, and take up a little life into our pores. Do not stay to be an overseer of the poor, but endeavor to become one of the worthies of the world.

Life calls not for perfection, but for completeness.

Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation. Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth".

Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time.

Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.

We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.

As you focus on simplifying your life, make sure that your approach to the process is a loving and accepting one. Know that you are doing all that you can do right now, and that is all anyone can do.

The lesson that has been hardest for me to learn: there is nothing to prove.

I know that life, I’ve done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine.

I'd always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed. I never suspected that I would have to learn how to live - that there were specific disciplines and ways of seeing the world I had to master before I could awaken to a simple, happy, uncomplicated life.

Just as we need the courage to be happy, we also need the courage to live simply.