Carl Jung Quotes

A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

To learn to know oneself, to judge oneself with truth and impartiality, must be the great objects of one's exertion; they are only attainable by constant and cool self-examination.

When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself

I trust you to find the good in me, but the bad I must be sure you don't overlook.

Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.

Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.

Watching myself still makes me uneasy - and when you're younger, you're even more unforgiving.

It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

And it is very much lamented,... That you have no such mirrors as will turn Your hidden worthiness into your eye That you might see your shadow.

Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.

Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.

There are no souls in the world that are so fearful to judge others as those that do most judge themselves, nor so careful to make a righteous judgment of men or things as those that are most careful to judge themselves.

I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others?

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

My personality doesn't interest me.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

I've always been a very self-aware person.

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

I'm usually very critical of myself.