Attribuita a Carl Gustav Jung
«"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."»
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Non si trova nell'opera di Carl Gustav Jung
One of the most widely circulated sayings under his name, but it does not appear in his work. It is a modern paraphrase of Aion (CW 9/II, § 126), where Jung writes that an inner situation not made conscious happens outside as fate.
Fonte: Jung, C. G. The Collected Works of C. G. Jung. Ed. Herbert Read, Michael Fordham, Gerhard Adler y William McGuire; trad. R. F. C. Hull. 20 vols. Princeton: Princeton University Press (Bollingen Series XX) / Londres: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1953–1979. Ed. alemana: Gesammelte Werke, Olten/Zúrich: Walter-Verlag, 1958–1994.
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Parole verificate di Carl Gustav Jung
«My life is a story of the self-realization of the unconscious.»
Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken (1962), prólogo, primera frase
«I don't need to believe. I know.»
Entrevista «Face to Face», BBC, 1959, respuesta a John Freeman sobre si creía en Dios
«The only real danger that exists is man himself.»
Entrevista «Face to Face», BBC, 1959