A purely psychological explanation is ruled out... the discs show signs of intelligent guidance, by quasi-human pilots.

The meaning and design of a problem seem not to lie in its solution, but in our working at it incessantly.

The whole point of Jesus's life was not that we should become exactly like him, but that we should become ourselves in the same way he became himself. Jesus was not the great exception but the great example.

In some way or other we are part of a single, all-embracing psyche, a single 'greatest man. . . .'

Every psychic advance of man arises from the suffering of the soul.

That which you do not bring to consciousness comes to you as your Fate, that which you do bring to consciousness, whether it was what you thought you wanted or not, is your destiny.

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.