Carl Jung Quote

A sign is always less than the thing it points to, and a symbol is always more than we can understand at first sight. Therefore we stop at the sign but go on to the goal it indicates; but we remain with the symbol because it promises more than it reveals.


The Collected works (ed. 1976)


A sign is always less than the thing it points to, and a symbol is always more than we can understand at first sight. Therefore we stop at the sign...

A sign is always less than the thing it points to, and a symbol is always more than we can understand at first sight. Therefore we stop at the sign...

A sign is always less than the thing it points to, and a symbol is always more than we can understand at first sight. Therefore we stop at the sign...

A sign is always less than the thing it points to, and a symbol is always more than we can understand at first sight. Therefore we stop at the sign...