“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.”

— Carl Jung · Courage quote

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. — 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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