"How can I be substantial if I..." - Quote by Carl Jung
How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole
More by Carl Jung
“I have always tried to make room for anything that wanted to come to me from within.”
“...anyone who attempts to do both, to adjust to his group and at the same time pursue his individual goal, becomes neurotic.”
“I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once, and cannot add up the sum. I am incapable of determining ultimate worth or worthlessness; I have no judgment about myself and my life. There is nothing I am quite sure about. I have no definite convictions - not about anything, really. I know only that I was born and exist, and it seems to me that I have been carried along. I exist on the foundation or something I do not know.”
More on Shadow
“Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.”
“Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.”
“The bright dawn flooded the room, and swept the fantastic shadows into dusky corners, where they lay shuddering.”
More on Wholeness
“The self is not only the centre but also the whole circumference which embraces both conscious and unconscious; it is the centre of this totality, just as the ego is the centre of consciousness.”
“The self is our life's goal, for it is the completest expression of that fateful combination we call individuality.”
“Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.”