“Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome.”

— Carl Jung · Life quote

Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome. — Carl Jung quote card
Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst · 1875 – 1961

Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. His concepts of the collective unconscious, archetypes and introversion and extraversion remain influential in psychology and culture.

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Source: Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1963) · ✓ Source verified

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