Philosophy Quotes

"It is not enough to love. We must hate as well."

"What do women want? This is the great question that has never been answered."

"The collective unconscious contains the whole spiritual heritage of mankind's evolution, reborn in each individual's psyche."

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

"The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble."

"The psyche cannot be made to fit into pigeonholes or formulas; it transcends them."

"Synchronicity is the acausal connecting principle between psyche and matter."

"The collective unconscious is the inheritance of the human species."

"The ego is the center of consciousness but not of the self."

"Nothing in the psyche is given meaning unless consciousness recognizes it."

"The unconscious does not distinguish between good and evil, only between conscious and unconscious."

"In the unconscious, there are no contradictions or opposites."

"I have constantly thought that the true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God."

"The world reveals itself not to the brilliant, but to the meticulous and the humble."

"The greatest experiment is life itself, and the greatest laboratory is the world around us."

"Philosophy without science is mere speculation; science without philosophy is mere data collection."

"Morality is not something imposed upon society but something generated by society."

"In the long run, the world runs on individuals pursuing their separate interests."

"What is the self? It is too late to ask. We have already done it."

"The myth of free will keeps us from understanding ourselves."

"Philosophy without action is mere dreaming."

"Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity."

"The ego is constantly adapting to reality and trying to maintain equilibrium."

"The primitive mind attributes will and intention to inanimate objects."

"The death instinct is as powerful as the libido."

"Homosexuality is a variation of the sexual instinct not a perversion."

"The id knows only the logic of desire."

"The human soul craves meaning above all else."

"Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really constructions of the mind."

"Humans are not driven by inner forces alone, nor are they simply shaped and controlled by external stimuli."