We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology.

The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form- an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.

Between the dreams of night and day there is not so great a difference.

Once upon a time men were possessed by devils. Now they are not less obsessed by ideas

If you should see people in a room, you would not think that you had made those people, or that you were responsible for them.

In such doubtful matters, where you have to work as a pioneer, you must be able to put some trust in your intuition and follow your feeling even at the risk of going wrong.

Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is dull not only for the person himself but for all concerned.