From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.

As a plant produces its flower, so the psyche creates its symbols.

Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.

The seat of faith, however, is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the individual's faith into immediate relation with God.

To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is.

The symbol in the dream has more the value of a parable: it does not conceal, it teaches.

The self as the essence of individuality is unitemporal and unique; as an archetypal symbol it is a God-image and therefore universal and eternal.