“Even if the whole world were to fall to pieces, the unity of the psyche would never be shattered.”

—  C.G. Jung

Civilization in Transition (1964)
Context: Even if the whole world were to fall to pieces, the unity of the psyche would never be shattered. And the wider and more numerous the fissures on the surface, the more the unity is strengthened in the depths.

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Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytic… 1875–1961

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