Who said "The longing is the same. The object changes."?

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part I, ch. V 'Das Lied von der Motte'.

What is the original German?

Die Sehnsucht ist dieselbe, das Objekt wechselt. Translated from the original German by Spartan Surfers.

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Die Sehnsucht ist dieselbe, das Objekt wechselt.

The longing is the same. The object changes.

Carl Jung, Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part I, ch. V 'Das Lied von der Motte'

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What it means

Whether you long for a person, a place, a god or a gourmet meal, the longing itself is the same force. Jung called it libido, which for him meant life energy in general. Pay attention to the hunger, not only to what it happens to fix on.

The source

"The longing is the same. The object changes." Carl Jung said it in Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part I, ch. V 'Das Lied von der Motte'. Translated from the original German by Spartan Surfers.

"Die Sehnsucht ist dieselbe, das Objekt wechselt."

Original German, Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part I, ch. V 'Das Lied von der Motte'. 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 "The longing is the same. The object changes." mean?: Whether you long for a person, a place, a god or a gourmet meal, the longing itself is the same force. Jung called it libido, which for him meant life energy in general. Pay attention to the hunger, not only to what it happens to fix on.
Who said "The longing is the same. The object changes."?: Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part I, ch. V 'Das Lied von der Motte'.
What is the original German?: Die Sehnsucht ist dieselbe, das Objekt wechselt. Translated from the original German by Spartan Surfers.
Is "The longing is the same. The object changes." on a shirt?: Yes. We print it to order on our tees in 7 illustrated looks, from $44, with free US shipping.

Cite this line

"The longing is the same. The object changes." (Carl Jung, Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido (1912), Part I, ch. V 'Das Lied von der Motte', translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/the-longing-is-the-same-the-object-changes