The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents.

The most important question anyone can ask is: What myth am I living?

It is just man's turning away from instinct--his opposing himself to instinct--that creates consciousness. Instinct is nature andseeks to perpetuate nature; while consciousness can only seek culture or its denial.

Even if the whole world were to fall to pieces, the unity of the psyche would never be shattered.

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

Most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old forgotten wisdom stored up in us.

One could say, with a little exaggeration, that the persona is that which in reality one is not, but which oneself as well as others think one is.