6 Powerful Carl Jung Quotes To Fuel Your Day & Make You Fearless
A good quality is like a perfect cinderella shoe.
Before 1921, there were a few kinds of people:
- Shy
- Extremely talkative
- An emotional person
- A cold-hearted leaf
- Lost in thoughts
After 1921, only three kinds of people were left.
- Introvert
- Extrovert
- Ambivert= Intorvert+ extrovert.
I hear you asking: “What happened.” Let me tell you, Carl Gustav Jung happened.
Carl Jung was a swiss psychiatrist who termed the word introverts and extroverts. Carl Jung believed a person must find a balance between these two phases, later termed an ambivert.
Carl spends most of his days relating psychiatry to philosophy and religious studies.
Being much into sacred studies, Jung coined the term Collective unconsciousness: our subconscious mind carries memories of our ancestors.
Most of his work about his beliefs comes from Psychological Types, a book by Jung published in 1921.
But that’s not all he did.
Jung devoted himself to understanding human beings. Without further ado, let’s explore 6 short quotes from Carl Jung.
1. Spoonful of dreams
Carl Jung, when consulting a patient, said:
“Our dreams are a clear manifestation of our unconscious mind.”
He told the patient that dreaming is normal.
One of my friends Sara Larca wrote a story about dreams. To which I left a comment:
“Have you ever thought that perhaps even a blind person can dream? If they have little knowledge about how the world looks like, dreaming is easy.”
Dreams are unbidden fantasisies. But Jung believes there’s more to dreams than the eye meets. He further said:
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
The correct word for this type of training: is meditation and daydreaming. Everyone can dream. But not everyone can concentrate on the voice inside of themselves.
Our dreams are part of what we are.
- But meditation is quite the opposite.
- Meditation requires no guidelines, and anyone can enroll in it.
If you feel insecure about what’s inside you, feel free to explore yourself before evil people do.
2. Beeline
Jung assumed that the human psyche has three pieces:
- The ego
- Personal unconscious, and
- Collective unconscious
Besides, Jung believed these parts could mean differently to everyone else.
He further believes that the ego is an inherited consciousness. Our dislikes and likes are based on our ancestor’s way of behaving.
- For example, some of us face a hard time lying.
- While some of us can lie without batting our eyelashes.
How is that possible?
Jung believes we have a similar response in tackling people. We can only go along with friends we can cope with mentally.
He said:
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
What disturbs us about people is indebted in our unconscious minds for centuries.
Similar goes for good attributes in people.
Our minds give us red and green [flags] based on:
- Likeminded thoughts: If you find a person with likeminded thoughts, it’s good to raise a palm of friendship.
- Disturbing people: These people give a sense and learning to you about what attributes you dislike in people and want to stay away from.
A good to explore yourself is to find qualities you appreciate in your friends. What we hate in people comes from direct ancestral genetics — a connection beyond our imagination.
3. Butter for your answers
Jung was the son of a pastor.
Throughout his life, he realized he was different.
Because the ancestral inheritance bearing him could never turn him into Plato and Socrates.
We, humans, are made from years of evolution. We are unique.
- If you don’t like yourself, that’s okay.
- We all hate ourselves at a certain point.
It is important to accept how we are — accept our weaknesses and strengths.
The sooner we get along with our abilities and what we are capable of, the sooner we can avoid people begging to misuse our powers.
As Carl Jung puts it:
“The world will ask you who you are, and if you don’t know, the world will tell you.”
Know yourself. If you feel you lack attributes or what to change habits, here is the way:
1#: Accept them: Make time to accept your weakness and strengths.
2#: Rate: Order your qualities on a scale of 1–10
3#: Find the root of the problem: Witness any history attached to the kind of weakness or strength you possess.
4#: Fight it: To resist it, you must change your perspective. For example, if the family is your weakness, it is also your strength.
The actual root of suffering is always genetics.
Make sure you gather the evidence before making a final verdict to reroute your weaknesses and strengths.
4. Jug of secrets
Everyone is unique.
Perhaps that’s the reason thumb impression existed in the first place.
As I explained above, we are a creation of thousands of years of evolution. In no way can our siblings even be like who we are.
Current circumstances explain that people are almost unhappy.
Why do you worry about not being good at martial arts or speaking Spanish? Here’s Jung’s quote to ease you up:
“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”
We can never be everything at the same time.
A human must possess problems.
When you notice celebrities and term them as “perfect,” remember that:
- First, they are out of your reach so you have never met them
- You never met them, so you never know how they are
- Instagram isn’t reality
- They cover up their flaws nicely
If you wish to cover up your flaws, go ahead.
Become a celebrity, maybe in a way to withdraw your flaws. But the world will let you taste the feel of flaw anyhow.
My friend, a good quality of yours is like a perfect cinderella shoe.
Others you can adapt. But then don’t complain about having a shoe bite!
5. Cheese of slice
We understand how bad:
- Hate is, that’s why we choose to love
- Illness is, so we choose healthily
- Ego is, so we chose humbleness
- Fighting is, so we chose peace
The problems and solutions come in a pair.
The twist is that you only get [one at a time.]
Either it’s love or hate. Illness or healthy. Ego or down to heart. Fight or peace.
We have to go with one.
As Jung explains:
“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”
Problems in life make us realize of it’s worth. Only when you fight does you realize the importance of peace.
Only when you’re deprived of sadness is it when you understand that an apartment with even nothing can bring peace.
It’s only then that you choose to go with positive attributes every time:
- Happiness
- Peace
- Health, and
- Love
6. Limited conception
A lot of people would laugh when you tell them:
“I am frequent in Spanish.”
Why?
Because we people have never learned how to respond to a person’s achievement, we generally make him a fool or laugh at him.
In the words of Carl Jung:
“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”
People say “fool, or mad” to someone because they don’t mistake the struggle.
You may ask: is it supposed to be my fault if:
- Don’t people understand my theories?
- Or do you want to stoop low to their grade?
Ever seen a Giraffe yielding low?
With its long head, a giraffe always chews fruits directly from the tree, while cats and rabbits can only jump.
Why do you stop if you have a special ability, even if people call you a fool?
- Or perhaps you are ashamed of your abilities?
Or do you want me to remind you of Giraffes every time?
Final thoughts:
Carl Jung spent his life developing and naming his ideas like a reel turning into a photo.
Can’t you spend a few minutes each day to understand yourself?
Know your strengths and weakness properly. Later, you can use them at the correct times, like during the war.
Mental war, I presume.
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