It is the individual's task to differentiate himself from all the others and stand on his own feet. All collective identities . . . interfere with the fulfillment of this task. Such collective identities are crutches for the lame, shields for the timid, beds for the lazy, nurseries for the irresponsible. . . .

Learn your techniques well and be prepared to let them go when you touch the human soul.

We know that the wildest and most moving dramas are played not in the theatre but in the hearts of ordinary men and women.

A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood it becomes a living experience.

The angel personifies something new arising from the deep unconscious.

The creative mind plays with the object it loves.

The great problems of life — sexuality, of course, among others — are always related to the primordial images of the collective unconscious. These images are really balancing or compensating factors which correspond with the problems life presents in actuality. This is not to be marveled at, since these images are deposits representing the accumulated experience of thousands of years of struggle for adaptation and existence.