“The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and … each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.”

— C. G. Jung

“Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.” — C. G. Jung

“Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome. The part that appears above ground lasts only a single summer. What we see is the blossom, which passes. The rhizome remains.” — C. G. Jung

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.” — C. G. Jung

“Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light but making the darkness conscious.” — C. G. Jung

“To me dreams are part of nature, which harbors no intention to deceive but expresses something as best it can.” – C. G. Jung

“…the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” — C. G. Jung

“We may think that we fully control ourselves. However, a friend can easily reveal something about us that we have absolutely no idea about.” — C. G. Jung

“Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.”

— C. G. Jung

 “The great problem of our time is that we don’t understand what is happening to the world. We are confronted with the darkness of our soul, the unconscious.” — C. G. Jung