“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”

—  C.G. Jung

Variant: Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

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Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytic… 1875–1961

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