Swiss
Psychiatrist
(July 26,
1875 -
June 6,
1961)
"All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination."
"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."
"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk."
"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."
"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
"The foundation of all mental illness is an unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering."
"It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves."
"Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health."
"A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them."
"Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not."
"The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong."
"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."
"Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune."
"An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child."
"We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them."
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
"You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it."
