Whoever looks into the mirror of the water will see first of all his own face. Whoever goes to himself risks a confrontation with himself.
Wer in den Spiegel des Wassers schaut, erblickt allerdings zunächst sein eigenes Bild. Wer zu sich selber geht, riskiert die Begegnung mit sich selbst.
Psychologists
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist (1875-1961), founder of analytical psychology. Coined the collective unconscious, archetypes, introvert / extravert typology and synchronicity. His Nazi-era chairmanship remains contested.
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Carl Jung's Other Quotes
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Life is — or has — both meaning and meaninglessness. I cherish the anxious hope that meaning will preponderate and win the battle.
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
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