Neurosis is the natural by-product of pain avoidance.
An archetypal content expresses itself, first and foremost, in metaphors.
A true symbol appears only when there is a need to express what thought cannot think or what is only divined or felt.
Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.
Perhaps, I myself am the enemy who needs to be loved.
Metaphysical assertions, however, are statements of the psyche, and are therefore psychological. Whenever the Westerner hears the word “psychological,” it always sounds to him like “only psychological.