"In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in..." - Quote by Carl Jung
In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.
More by Carl Jung
“About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives.”
“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.”
“Only a fool is interested in other people's guilt, since he cannot alter it. The wise man learns only from his own guilt. He will ask himself: Who am I that all this should happen to me? To find the answer to this fateful question he will look into his own heart.”
More on Humility
“Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armor-bearer of sin is self-confidence .”
“For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know.”
“To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.”