Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were once at home by right of birth.
Carl JungWe are a psychic process which we do not control, or only partly direct. Consequently, we cannot have any final judgment about ourselves or our lives.
Carl JungThe doctor is effective only when he himself is affected. Only the wounded physician heals.
Carl JungOur mania for rational explanations obviously has its roots in our fear of metaphysics, for the two were always hostile brothers. Hence, anything unexpected that approaches us from the dark realm is regarded either as coming from outside and, therefore, as real, or else as a hallucination and, therefore, not true. The idea that anything could be real or true which does not come from outside has hardly begun to dawn on contemporary man.
Carl Jung