Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.

About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives.

A residual sea of symbols which is shared by all mankind, usually accessed through dreams or altered states, and from which cultures draw images on which to found their religions.

The psyche is a natural phenomenon. All aspects of the psyche, even those which seem pathological or destructive, actually serve the function of furthering our psychological development.

Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.

As one grows older one must try not to work oneself to death unnecessarily. At least that's how it is with me... I can scarcely keep pace and must watch out that the creative forces do not chase me around the universe in a wallop.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.