I know only that I was born and exist, and it seems to me that I have been carried along. I exist on the foundation of something I do not know. In spite of all uncertainties, I feel a solidity underlying all existence and a continuity in my mode of being.

Where do we live symbolically? Nowhere except where we participate in the ritual of life.

The prerequisite for a good marriage ... is the license to be unfaithful.

Neurosis is the suffering of a soul which has not discovered its meaning.

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.

We live in a world which in some respects is mysterious; things can be experienced which remain inexplicable; not everything which happens can be anticipated. The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole. For me the world has from the beginning been infinite and ungraspable.

My own understanding is the sole treasure I possess, and the greatest. Though infinitely small and fragile in comparison with the powers of darkness, it is still a light, my only light.