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Understanding Quotes by Carl Jung
- We need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself.
- At the moment I am looking into astrology, which seems indispensable for a proper understanding of mythology. There are strange and wondrous things in these…
- The divine process of change manifests itself to our human understanding . . . as punishment, torment, death, and transfiguration.
- My own understanding is the sole treasure I possess, and the greatest. Though infinitely small and fragile in comparison with the powers of darkness, it…
- It is in the nature of political bodies always to see the evil in the opposite group, just as the individual has an ineradicable tendency…
- An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past, incapable of understanding…
- An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough.
- Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
- If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
- Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.
- Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.
- We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the…
- But what will he do when he sees only too clearly why his patient is ill; when he sees that it arises from his having…
- A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. As far as we can discern, the sole purpose…
- ... we are so full of apprehensions, fears, that we don't know exactly to what it points... a great change of our psychoglocal attitude is…
- No one can flatter himself that he is immune to the spirit of his own epoch, or even that he possesses a full understanding of…
- Science...is part and parcel of our knowledge and obscures our insight only when it holds that the understanding given by it is the only kind…
More Understanding Quotes
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. — Isaac Asimov
- An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. — David Attenborough
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson
- To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
- Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. — Marcus Aurelius
- Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
- Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already… — Richard Bach
- The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and… — Michele Bachmann
- The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. — Francis Bacon