Quotes About Consciousness

At times I feel as if I am spread out over the landscape and inside things, and am myself living in every tree, in the splashing of the waves, in the clouds and the animals that come and go, in the procession of the seasons. There is nothing in the Tower that has not grown into its own form over the decades, nothing with which I am not linked. Here everything has its history, and mine; here is space for the spaceless kingdom of the world's and the psyche's hinterland.

The conscious mind allows itself to be trained like a parrot, but the unconscious does not—which is why St. Augustine thanked God for not making him responsible for his dreams.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others.

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

The Wrong we have Done, Thought, or Intended Will wreak its Vengeance on Our SOULS.

We are the great danger. Psyche is the great danger. How important is to know something about it, but we know nothing about it.

Finché non prenderai coscienza l'inconscio governerà la tua vita. E tu lo chiamerai destino.

Our psyche is part of nature, and its enigma is as limitless

Luna is really the mother of the Sun, which means, psychologically, that the unconscious is pregnant with consciousness and gives birth to it.

Pero cuánto sabe el hombre de sí mismo? Según toda la experiencia, muy poco. Para lo inconsciente queda, por lo tanto, mucho espacio libre.

la insospechada furia destructora, la incesante ola de mentiras y la incapacidad de los hombres para contener al demonio de la sangre, son los estímulos más adecuados para poner con vivacidad ante los ojos del hombre pensador el problema de lo inconsciente caótico, que dormita inquieto bajo el mundo ordenado de lo consciente.

Pogled se ti bo razjasnil šele, ko se boš zazrl v svoje srce. Kdor zre navzven, sanja. Kdor gleda navznoter, se prebudi.

Colui a cui il destino impone di fare la sua strada deve percorrerla armato soltanto di speranza e con gli occhi bene aperti, consapevole della sua solitudine e del pericolo che gli abissi della solitudine rappresentano.

Like every other being, I am a splinter of the infinite deity, but I cannot contrast myself with any animal, any plant or any stone.

La vostra visione vi apparirà più chiara soltanto quando guarderete nel vostro cuore. Chi guarda l'esterno, sogna. Chi guarda all'interno si sveglia.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.

There's no coming to consciousness without pain.

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

This inner world is truly infinite, in no way poorer than the outer one. Man lives in two worlds. Carl Jung, The Red Book, Page 264

My father used to say that you live most of your life inside your own head, so make sure it's a good space.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.