There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

What happens in the life of Christ happens always and everywhere. In the Christian archetype all lives of this kind are prefigured.

I readily admit that I have such a great respect for what happens in the human soul that I would be afraid of disturbing and distorting the silent operation of nature by clumsy interference.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

The prerequisite for a good marriage ... is the license to be unfaithful.

You can exert no influence if you are not susceptible to influence.

My own understanding is the sole treasure I possess, and the greatest. Though infinitely small and fragile in comparison with the powers of darkness, it is still a light, my only light.