“If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbour; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.” ~Carl Gustav Jung Love thy neighbours is wonderful, since we then have nothing to do about ourselves; but when it is a question of love thy neighbour as thyself we are no longer so sure, for we think it would be egoism to love ourselves. There was no need to preach love thyself to people in olden times, because they did so as a matter of course. But how is it nowadays? It would do us good to take this thing somewhat to heart, especially the phrase as thyself. How can I love my neighbour if I do not love myself? How can we be altruistic if we do not treat ourselves decently? But if we treat ourselves decently, if we love ourselves, we make discoveries, and then we see what we are and what we should love. There is nothing for it but to put our foot into the serpents mouth. He who cannot love can never transform the serpent, and then nothing is changed.”~ Carl Gustav Jung
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:32:30 +0000