"I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity..." - Quote by Carl Jung
I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud.
More by Carl Jung
“One cannot free oneself by bowing to the yoke, but by breaking it.”
“The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole.”
“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. They then dwell in the house next door, and at any moment a flame may dart out and set fire to his own house. Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force.”
More on Open Mindedness
“There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out. Don't stick too closely to your favorite subject. That would keep you from adventuring into other fields. It's silly to build a wall around your interests.”
“To take a dislike to a young man, only because he appeared to be of a different disposition from himself, was unworthy the real liberality of mind”
“A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating faculties suggest for the service of man. Second, to change your opinion whenever anyone at hand sets you right and unsettles you in an opinion, but this change of opinion should come only because you are persuaded that something is just or to the public advantage, not because it appears pleasant or increases your reputation.”
More on Explanation
“Time will explain.”
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog:Nobody really enjoys it, and the frog generally dies as a result.”
“In short, competition has to shoulder the responsibility of explaining all the meaningless ideas of the economists, whereas it should rather be the economists who explain competition.”