Darkness Quotes by Carl Jung

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.

— Carl Jung

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

— Carl Jung

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

— Carl Jung

In order to know the light, we must first experience the darkness.

— Carl Jung

Enlightenment consists not merely in the seeing of luminous shapes and visions, but in making the darkness visible. The latter procedure is…

— Carl Jung

Even the happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were…

— Carl Jung

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

— Carl Jung

How can anyone see straight when he does not see himself and the darkness he unconsciously carries with him into all his…

— Carl Jung

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by…

— Carl Jung

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of awareness of darkness... as the contrast between what we have and how…

— Carl Jung

The darkness which clings to every personality is the door into the unconscious and the gateway of dreams, from which those two…

— Carl Jung

Science is the art of creating suitable illusions which the fool believes or argues against, but the wise man enjoys for their…

— Carl Jung

Filling the conscious mind with ideal conceptions is a characteristic of Western theosophy, but not the confrontation with the Shadow and the…

— Carl Jung

When we must deal with problems, we instinctively resist trying the way that leads through obscurity and darkness. We wish to hear…

— Carl Jung

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness's of other people. One does not become enlightened by…

— Carl Jung

At the moment I am looking into astrology, which seems indispensable for a proper understanding of mythology. There are strange and wondrous…

— Carl Jung

There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their…

— Carl Jung

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. As far as we can discern,…

— Carl Jung

The difference between the "natural" individuation process, which runs its course unconsciously, and the one that is consciously realized is tremendous. In…

— Carl Jung

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

— Carl Jung