1875-1961, Swiss Psychologist, Theorist
Acceptance
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
Psychological Reflections, 1953
Age / Ageing
We cannot live in the afternoon of life according to the program of life's morning. For what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true, will at evening have become a lie.
Attention / Awareness
Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upwards from the unconscious … As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
Memories, Dreams and Reflections , 1962
Avoidance / Denial / Refusal
When an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside as fate.
Balance
The word "happiness" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
Being / Essence / Soul
We can never finally know. I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time.
Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004