At your noon, give up the love of your own height. Keep moving.

Carl Jung, Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part II, ch. VII 'Die zweifache Mutter'

What it means

Reaching the top is its own trap: you want to stay there admiring the view. Jung says the hero cannot linger. Let go of your attachment to past wins and keep going.

The source

"At your noon, give up the love of your own height. Keep moving." Carl Jung said it in Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part II, ch. VII 'Die zweifache Mutter'. Translated from the original German by Spartan Surfers.

"Und ist er zur Mittagshöhe gekommen, so hat er auch die Liebe zu seiner eigenen Höhe zu opfern, denn es darf für ihn kein Verweilen geben."

Original German, Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part II, ch. VII 'Die zweifache Mutter'. Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Swiss psychiatrist who broke with Freud and founded analytical psychology. He mapped the persona, the shadow, the collective unconscious and the lifelong work of becoming yourself, which he called individuation. Our lines come only from his writings published before 1931, in our own translations from the German or in English translations of the time.

Questions

What does "At your noon, give up the love of your own height. Keep moving." mean?: Reaching the top is its own trap: you want to stay there admiring the view. Jung says the hero cannot linger. Let go of your attachment to past wins and keep going.
Who said "At your noon, give up the love of your own height. Keep moving."?: Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part II, ch. VII 'Die zweifache Mutter'.
What is the original German?: Und ist er zur Mittagshöhe gekommen, so hat er auch die Liebe zu seiner eigenen Höhe zu opfern, denn es darf für ihn kein Verweilen geben. Translated from the original German by Spartan Surfers.
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Cite this line

"At your noon, give up the love of your own height. Keep moving." (Carl Jung, Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part II, ch. VII 'Die zweifache Mutter', translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/at-your-noon-give-up-the-love-of