Nature seemed to me full of wonders, and I wanted to steep myself in them. Every stone, every plant, every single thing seemed alive and indescribably marvelous. I immersed myself in nature, crawled, as it were, into the very essence of nature and away from the whole human world.

I am looking forward enormously to getting back to the sea again, where the overstimulated psyche can recover in the presence of that infinite peace and spaciousness.

Those who look outside, dream. Those who look inside, awaken.

Only in our creative acts do we step forth into the light and see ourselves whole and complete.

During my medical education at the University of Basle I found vivisection horrible, barbarous and above all unnecessary

Nothing is possible without love.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.