"One is always in the dark about..." - Quote by Carl Jung
One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself.
More by Carl Jung
“Everything psychic is pregnant with the future.”
“Meaninglessnes s inhibits fullness of life and is therefore the equivalent to illness. Meaning makes a great many things endurable--perh aps everything.”
“To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is.”
More on Self Knowledge
“They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know something of himself.”
“But no man's a hero to himself. I've lived with me a lifetime. I know everything worth knowing about myself--" ~Something Wicked This Way Comes”
“How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you'll soon discover what you're like.”
More on Personality
“I am a patient listener, but opinionated to the point of stubbornness when my mind is made up.”
“Your mental attitude gives your entire personality a drawing power that attracts the circumstances, things and people you think about most!”
“Chefs are fond of hyperbole, so they can certainly talk that way. But on the whole, I think they probably have a more open mind than most people.”