--- title: "17 Oneself Quotes By Carl Jung" description: "17 Oneself quotes by Carl Jung. Plus more from Carl Jung and more Oneself sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/carl-jung-274_dark_one-is-always-in-the-dark-about-one-s-ow_2780705.jpg" --- > [One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/one-is-always-in-the-dark-about-one-s-own-personality-one-needs/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/carl-jung-274_dark_one-is-always-in-the-dark-about-one-s-ow_2780705.jpg) > [One cannot free oneself by bowing to the yoke, but by breaking it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/one-cannot-free-oneself-by-bowing-to-the-yoke-but-by-breaking-it/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/carl-jung-274_breaking_one-cannot-free-oneself-by-bowing-to-the_447690.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/carl-jung-274_cleavage_neurosis-is-an-inner-cleavage-the-state_33091.jpg) > [Individualization does not shut one out from the world, but gathers the world to oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/individualization-does-not-shut-one-out-from-the-world-but-gathers/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/carl-jung-274_doe_individualization-does-not-shut-one-out_1794629.jpg) > [To become acquainted with oneself is a terrible shock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/to-become-acquainted-with-oneself-is-a-terrible-shock/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/carl-jung-274_acquainted_to-become-acquainted-with-oneself-is-a-t_3088997.jpg) > [Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier to go to Mars or to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/space-flights-are-merely-an-escape-a-fleeing-away-from-oneself/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/carl-jung-274_easier_space-flights-are-merely-an-escape-a-fle_606430.jpg) > [The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-acceptance-of-oneself-is-the-essence-of-the-whole-moral-problem/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/carl-jung-274_acceptance_the-acceptance-of-oneself-is-the-essence_2832942.jpg) > [In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/in-actual-life-it-requires-the-greatest-discipline-to-be-simple-and/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/carl-jung-274_acceptance_in-actual-life-it-requires-the-greatest_1480689.jpg) > [Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/sometimes-indeed-there-is-such-a-discrepancy-between-the-genius-and/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/carl-jung-274_genius_sometimes-indeed-there-is-such-a-discrep_2888839.jpg) > [One could say, with a little exaggeration, that the persona is that which in reality one is not, but which oneself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/one-could-say-with-a-little-exaggeration-that-the-persona-is-that/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/carl-jung-274_exaggeration_one-could-say-with-a-little-exaggeration_255591.jpg) > [ The self is defined psychologically as the psychic totality of the individual. Anything that a \[person\] postulates as being a greater totality… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/carl-jung-274_defined_the-self-is-defined-psychologically-as-t_7148.jpg) > [Everything good is costly, and the development of personality is one of the most costly of all things. It is a matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/everything-good-is-costly-and-the-development-of-personality-is-one/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/carl-jung-274_all-things_everything-good-is-costly-and-the-develo_276051.jpg) > [Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/perhaps-this-sounds-very-simple-but-simple-things-are-always-the-most/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/carl-jung-274_acceptance_perhaps-this-sounds-very-simple-but-simp_2982091.jpg) > [If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/if-people-can-be-educated-to-see-the-lowly-side-of-their-own-natures/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/carl-jung-274_educated_if-people-can-be-educated-to-see-the-low_314081.jpg) > [As one grows older one must try not to work oneself to death unnecessarily. At least that's how it is with me...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/as-one-grows-older-one-must-try-not-to-work-oneself-to-death/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/carl-jung-274_age_as-one-grows-older-one-must-try-not-to-w_219940.jpg) > [When one is not understood one should as a rule lower one's voice, because when one really speaks loudly enough and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/when-one-is-not-understood-one-should-as-a-rule-lower-one-s-voice/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/carl-jung-274_curious_when-one-is-not-understood-one-should-as_2714286.jpg) > [Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness's of other people. One does not become enlightened by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/knowing-your-own-darkness-is-the-best-method-for-dealing-with-the-2/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/carl-jung-274_accepting_knowing-your-own-darkness-is-the-best-me_2831219.jpg) ## Other authors on Oneself ## 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/oneself/carl-jung/#itemlist", "name": "17 Oneself Quotes By Carl Jung", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One is always in the dark about one's own personality. 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