Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Seldom, or perhaps never, does a marriage develop into an individual relationship smoothly and without crises; there is no coming to consciousness without pain.

I studiously avoided all so-called "holy men." I did so because I had to make do with my own truth, not accept from others what I could not attain on my own. I would have felt it as a theft had I attempted to learn from the holy men and to accept their truth for myself. Neither in Europe can I make any borrowings from the East, but must shape my life out of myself-out of what my inner being tells me, or what nature brings to me.

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

Those who look outside, dream. Those who look inside, awaken.

Intuition is one of the four basic psychological functions along with thinking, feeling,and sensing.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.