As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existen… - Carl Jung

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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Carl Jung

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Carl Gustav Jung (IPA: [ˈkarl ˈgʊstaf ˈjʊŋ]) (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology.

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Alternative Names: C.G. Jung • Karl Gustav Jung • C. G. Jung • C. G. Yungu • Carl Gustav Jung • Jung

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Were it not for the leaping and twinkling of the soul, man would rot away in his greatest passion, idleness.

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They do not realize that a myth is dead if it no longer lives and grows. Our myth has become mute, and gives no answers.

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