The God-image in man was not destroyed by the Fall but was only damaged and corrupted (“deformed”), and can be restored through God's grace. The scope of the integration is suggested by the descensus ad inferos, the descent of Christ's soul to hell, its work of redemption embracing even the dead. The psychological equivalent of this is the integration of the collective unconscious which forms an essential part of the individuation process.

The principle aim of psychotherapy is not to transport one to an impossible state of happiness, but to help (the client) acquire steadfastness and patience in the face of suffering.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

A true symbol appears only when there is a need to express what thought cannot think or what is only divined or felt.

The angel personifies something new arising from the deep unconscious.

That which we do not confront in ourselves we will meet as fate.

I don't aspire to be a good man. I aspire to be a whole man.