Out of a long struggle between opposites, a third way is born.

Carl Jung, Psychological Types (1923), ch. II 'Schiller's Ideas upon the Type Problem'

What it means

Inner conflicts are rarely solved by one side winning. When both sides have fought to exhaustion, something new appears that neither could have produced. Jung called it the third, and it is the start of a new road.

The source

"Out of a long struggle between opposites, a third way is born." Carl Jung said it in Psychological Types (1923), ch. II 'Schiller's Ideas upon the Type Problem'. Translated by H. Godwin Baynes, 1923.

"In a prolonged conflict, the upshot and duration of which cannot be foretold, the opposites become exhausted, and from the energy which goes out of them is that third element created which is the beginning of the new way."

H. Godwin Baynes, 1923, Psychological Types (1923), ch. II 'Schiller's Ideas upon the Type Problem'. 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 "Out of a long struggle between opposites, a third way is born." mean?: Inner conflicts are rarely solved by one side winning. When both sides have fought to exhaustion, something new appears that neither could have produced. Jung called it the third, and it is the start of a new road.
Who said "Out of a long struggle between opposites, a third way is born."?: Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Psychological Types (1923), ch. II 'Schiller's Ideas upon the Type Problem'.
What is the original wording?: In a prolonged conflict, the upshot and duration of which cannot be foretold, the opposites become exhausted, and from the energy which goes out of them is that third element created which is the beginning of the new way (H. Godwin Baynes, 1923). Translated by H. Godwin Baynes, 1923.
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"Out of a long struggle between opposites, a third way is born." (Carl Jung, Psychological Types (1923), ch. II 'Schiller's Ideas upon the Type Problem', trans. H. Godwin Baynes, 1923). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/out-of-a-long-struggle-between-opposites-a