The descent into the depths always seems to precede the ascent.
Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.
I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once and cannot add up the sum.
The divine process of change manifests itself to our human understanding . . . as punishment, torment, death, and transfiguration.
We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions.
Insight that dawns slowly seems to me to have more lasting effects than a fitful idealism, which is unlikely to hold out for long.