Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force

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.

The individual disposition is already a factor in childhood; it is innate, and not acquired in the course of a life.

From the living fountain of instinct flows everything that is creative; hence the unconscious is not merely conditioned by history, but is the very source of the creative impulse. It is like nature herself - prodigiously conservative, and yet transcending her own historical conditions in her acts of creation.

Creative power is mightier than its possessor.

Neurosis is an inner cleavage-the state of being at war with oneself.

As a plant produces its flower, so the psyche creates its symbols.