--- title: "16 Collectives Quotes By Carl Jung" description: "16 Collectives quotes by Carl Jung. Plus more from Carl Jung and more Collectives sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/carl-jung-274_biology_the-collective-unconscious-contains-the_1497437.jpg" --- > [The collective unconscious contains the whole spiritual heritage of mankind's evolution born anew in the brain structure of every individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-collective-unconscious-contains-the-whole-spiritual-heritage-of-2/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/carl-jung-274_biology_the-collective-unconscious-contains-the_1497437.jpg) > [The world of gods and spirits is truly 'nothing but' the collective unconscious inside me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-world-of-gods-and-spirits-is-truly-nothing-but-the-collective/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/carl-jung-274_collective-unconscio_the-world-of-gods-and-spirits-is-truly-n_1619550.jpg) > [All art intuitively apprehends coming changes in the collective unconsciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/all-art-intuitively-apprehends-coming-changes-in-the-collective/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/carl-jung-274_art_all-art-intuitively-apprehends-coming-ch_749155.jpg) > [In fact, the whole of mythology could be taken as a sort of projection of the collective unconscious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/in-fact-the-whole-of-mythology-could-be-taken-as-a-sort-of-projection/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/carl-jung-274_astrology_in-fact-the-whole-of-mythology-could-be_992349.jpg) > [In the history of the collective as in the history of the individual, everything depends on the development of consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/in-the-history-of-the-collective-as-in-the-history-of-the-individual/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/carl-jung-274_collectives_in-the-history-of-the-collective-as-in-t_488015.jpg) > [The man of today, who resembles more or less the collective ideal, has made his heart into a den of murderers, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-man-of-today-who-resembles-more-or-less-the-collective-ideal-has/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/carl-jung-274_analysis_the-man-of-today-who-resembles-more-or-l_2462537.jpg) > [The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection, in which are reflected the mythologems, i.e., the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-starry-vault-of-heaven-is-in-truth-the-open-book-of-cosmic/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/carl-jung-274_alchemy_the-starry-vault-of-heaven-is-in-truth-t_2444202.jpg) > [It is the individual's task to differentiate himself from all the others and stand on his own feet. All collective identities .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/it-is-the-individual-s-task-to-differentiate-himself-from-all-the/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb5/carl-jung-274_bed_it-is-the-individual-s-task-to-different_72531.jpg) > [...The Western 'God-image' is a representation of the collective unconscious, an archetype of the psyche that undergoes a continual process of transformation...The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-western-god-image-is-a-representation-of-the-collective/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/carl-jung-274_archetype_the-western-god-image-is-a-representatio_1541057.jpg) > [The collective unconscious appears to consist of mythological motifs or primordial images, for which reason the myths of all nations are its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-collective-unconscious-appears-to-consist-of-mythological-motifs/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/carl-jung-274_astrology_the-collective-unconscious-appears-to-co_2658625.jpg) > [The God-image in man was not destroyed by the Fall but was only damaged and corrupted ('deformed'), and can be restored through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-god-image-in-man-was-not-destroyed-by-the-fall-but-was-only-2/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/carl-jung-274_christ_the-god-image-in-man-was-not-destroyed-b_3094037.jpg) > [The great problems of life—sexuality, of course, among others—are always related to the primordial images of the collective unconscious. These images are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-great-problems-of-life-sexuality-of-course-among-others-are/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/carl-jung-274_actuality_the-great-problems-of-life-sexuality-of_2995191.jpg) > [The God-image in man was not destroyed by the Fall but was only damaged and corrupted (“deformed”), and can be restored through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-god-image-in-man-was-not-destroyed-by-the-fall-but-was-only/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/carl-jung-274_christ_the-god-image-in-man-was-not-destroyed-b_514796.jpg) > [Our mind has its history, just as our body has its history. You might be just as astonished that man has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/our-mind-has-its-history-just-as-our-body-has-its-history-you-might/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/carl-jung-274_anatomy_our-mind-has-its-history-just-as-our-bod_2387730.jpg) > [I cannot define for you what God is. I can only say that my work has proved empirically that the pattern of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/i-cannot-define-for-you-what-god-is-i-can-only-say-that-my-work-has/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/carl-jung-274_change_i-cannot-define-for-you-what-god-is-i-ca_765416.jpg) > [The problem of synchronicity has puzzled me for a long time, ever since the middle twenties, when I was investigating the phenomena…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-problem-of-synchronicity-has-puzzled-me-for-a-long-time-ever/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/carl-jung-274_chance_the-problem-of-synchronicity-has-puzzled_2597433.jpg) ## Other authors on Collectives ## More by Carl Jung > [No man can change himself into anything from sheer reason; he can only change into what he potentially is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/no-man-can-change-himself-into-anything-from-sheer-reason-he-can-only/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [Whenever we touch nature we get clean. People who have got dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods, or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/whenever-we-touch-nature-we-get-clean-people-who-have-got-dirty/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [ The self is defined psychologically as the psychic totality of the individual. Anything that a \[person\] postulates as being a greater totality than \[oneself\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-self-is-defined-psychologically-as-the-psychic-totality-of-the/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [Metaphysical assertions, however, are statements of the psyche, and are therefore psychological. Whenever the Westerner hears the word “psychological,” it always sounds to him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/metaphysical-assertions-however-are-statements-of-the-psyche-and-are/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/to-be-normal-is-the-ultimate-aim-of-the-unsuccessful/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [Like the sea itself, the unconscious yields an endless and self-replenishing abundance of creatures, a wealth beyond our fathoming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/like-the-sea-itself-the-unconscious-yields-an-endless-and-self/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [Astrology is knocking at the gates of our universities: A Tübingen professor has switched over to astrology and a course on astrology was given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/astrology-is-knocking-at-the-gates-of-our-universities-a-t-bingen/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [Synchronicity reveals the meaningful connections between the subjective and objective world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/synchronicity-reveals-the-meaningful-connections-between-the/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [Instinct is like Nature herself - prodigiously conservative, and yet transcending her own historical conditions in her acts of creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/instinct-is-like-nature-herself-prodigiously-conservative-and-yet/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [Paul hardly ever allows the real Jesus of Nazareth to get a word in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/paul-hardly-ever-allows-the-real-jesus-of-nazareth-to-get-a-word-in/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [“He would have lived countless times over the life of the individual, of the family, tribe and people, and he would possess the living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/he-would-have-lived-countless-times-over-the-life-of-the-individual/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [People learn from who we are, rather than what we say, and to believe otherwise is a disease of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/people-learn-from-who-we-are-rather-than-what-we-say-and-to-believe/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [Neurosis is an inner cleavage-the state of being at war with oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/neurosis-is-an-inner-cleavage-the-state-of-being-at-war-with-oneself/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/it-is-sad-but-unfortunately-true-that-man-learns-nothing-from-history/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) > [Life is a luminous pause between two mysteries that are yet one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/life-is-a-luminous-pause-between-two-mysteries-that-are-yet-one/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collectives/carl-jung/#itemlist", "name": "16 Collectives Quotes By Carl Jung", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The collective unconscious contains the whole spiritual heritage of mankind's evolution born anew in the brain structure of every individual.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Jung" }, "url": 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For the individual, knowing God, is the process of recognizing and assimilating the pressured and paradoxical contents of the self, which come to consciousness- seek incarnation- within the ego.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Jung" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-western-god-image-is-a-representation-of-the-collective/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/carl-jung-274_archetype_the-western-god-image-is-a-representatio_1541057.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/carl-jung-274_archetype_the-western-god-image-is-a-representatio_1541057.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/carl-jung-274_archetype_the-western-god-image-is-a-representatio_1541057.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...The Western 'God-image' is a representation of the collective unconscious, an archetype of the psyche…” — Carl Jung", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The collective unconscious appears to consist of mythological motifs or primordial images, for which reason the myths of all nations are its real exponents. In fact the whole of mythology could be taken as a sort of projection of the collective unconscious. We can see this most clearly if we look at the heavenly constellations, whose originally chaotic forms are organized through the projection of images. This explains the influence of the stars as asserted by astrologers. 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These images are really balancing or compensating factors which correspond with the problems life presents in actuality. This is not to be marveled at, since these images are deposits representing the accumulated experience of thousands of years of struggle for adaptation and existence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Jung" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-great-problems-of-life-sexuality-of-course-among-others-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/carl-jung-274_actuality_the-great-problems-of-life-sexuality-of_2995191.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/carl-jung-274_actuality_the-great-problems-of-life-sexuality-of_2995191.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26d/carl-jung-274_actuality_the-great-problems-of-life-sexuality-of_2995191.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The great problems of life—sexuality, of course, among others—are always related to the primordial images of…” — Carl Jung", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The God-image in man was not destroyed by the Fall but was only damaged and corrupted (“deformed”), and can be restored through God's grace. 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