It seems as if it is only through an experience of symbolic reality that man, vainly seeking his own “existence” and making a philosophy out of it, can find his way back to a world in which he is no longer a stranger.

Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

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

One must be able to let things happen.

The mind has grown to its present state of consciousness as an acorn grows into an oak, or as saurians developed into mammals.

The artist's life cannot be otherwise than full of conflicts, for two forces are at war within him [or her]-on the one hand, the common human longing for happiness, satisfaction and security in life, and on the other a ruthless passion for creation which may go so far as to override every personal desire ... There are hardly any exceptions to the rule that a person must pay dearly for the divine gift of creative fire.