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Words from C. G. Jung

Every quote below has been checked against its source; sayings falsely attributed to Jung are labeled as such — telling the true from the false is itself an act of making conscious.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Letters, Vol. 1, 1916

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate.
When an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate.

Aion, CW 9ii

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Alchemical Studies, CW 13

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

Collected Works, Vol. 9

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Two Essays on Analytical Psychology, CW 7

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Psychology of the Transference, CW 16

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Idea rooted in Aion, CW 9iiMisattributed · internet adaptation

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

Not found in Jung's worksMisattributed

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

Actually Joseph CampbellMisattributed