Everyone takes hits from fate. Most of them are wounds that heal.

Carl Jung, Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche'

What it means

Setbacks are part of every life, not a sign that yours is cursed. Most of them heal and leave you able to go on. Treat them as wounds, not as verdicts.

The source

"Everyone takes hits from fate. Most of them are wounds that heal." Carl Jung said it in Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche'. Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

"Every one of course has suffered adverse turns of fate, but they are generally wounds that heal, leaving no vital, or incurable crippling."

H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche'. 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 "Everyone takes hits from fate. Most of them are wounds that heal." mean?: Setbacks are part of every life, not a sign that yours is cursed. Most of them heal and leave you able to go on. Treat them as wounds, not as verdicts.
Who said "Everyone takes hits from fate. Most of them are wounds that heal."?: Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche'.
What is the original wording?: Every one of course has suffered adverse turns of fate, but they are generally wounds that heal, leaving no vital, or incurable crippling (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.
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"Everyone takes hits from fate. Most of them are wounds that heal." (Carl Jung, Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche', trans. H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/everyone-takes-hits-from-fate-most-of-them