The self is not only the centre but also the whole circumference which embraces both conscious and unconscious; it is the centre of this totality, just as the ego is the centre of consciousness.

Dawn is born at midnight.

The unsatisfied yearning of the artist reaches back to the primordial image in the unconscious which is best fitted to compensate the inadequacy and one-sidedness of the present.

You can take away a man's gods, but only to give him others in return.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.

Hitler's movement is near to Mohammedanism.