"Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple..." - Quote by Carl Jung
Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.
More by Carl Jung
“The collective unconscious consists of the sum of the instincts and their correlates, the archetypes. Just as everybody possesses instincts, so he also possesses a stock of archetypal images.”
“But, if you have nothing at all to create, then perhaps you create yourself.”
“In knowing ourselves to be unique, we possess the capacity for becoming conscious of the infinite. But only then!”
More on Self Acceptance
“I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.”
“I Love you so much, I don't care what you think.”
“So, you know, I think any life has in it enough material, enough points of departure, to fuel a writer's career and that we shouldn't worry about what we're not but to try to focus on what we are and what we do know.”