Carl Jung: The answer to human life is not to be found within the limits of human life.
To Linda Gray Oppenheim
Dear Mrs. Oppenheim, 12 August 1933
A year ago I heard through a friend of Mr. Oppenheim’ s most unexpected death.
Yes, it is true, such a death and such suffering seem to be pointless if one assumes that this life is the acme of all existence.
I have seen quite a number of people who died when they had reached the most they could.
Obviously then the measure of their life was fulfilled, everything said and everything done and nothing remained.
The answer to human life is not to be found within the limits of human life.
Sincerely yours,
C.G. Jung ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. I, Page 127
