It had become clear to me, in a flash of illumination, that for me the only possible goal was psychiatry. Here alone the two currents of my interest could flow together and in a united stream dig their own bed. Here was the empirical field common to biological and spiritual facts, which I had everywhere sought and nowhere found. Here at last was the place where the collision of nature and spirit became a reality.

Water is the commonest symbol for the unconscious.

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the human heart answered by a bank account.

All the most powerful ideas in history go back to archetypes.

Only one who has risked the fight with the dragon and is not overcome by it wins the "treasure hard to attain." He alone has a genuine claim to self-confidence, for he has faced the dark ground of his self and thereby has gained himself. This experience gives him faith and trust.

Science has destroyed even the refuge of the inner life. What was once a sheltering haven has become a place of terror