Every man carries within himself the eternal image of woman, not the image of this or that particular woman, but a definite feminine image. This image is fundamentally unconscious, a hereditary factor of primordial origin.

Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort. They are found-given-by experience.

There is a thinking in primordial images, in symbols which are older than the historical man, which are inborn in him from the earliest times, eternally living, outlasting all generations, still make up the groundwork of the human psyche. It is only possible to live the fullest life when we are in harmony with these symbols; wisdom is a return to them.

No dream symbol can be separated from the individual who dreams it, and there is no definite or straightforward interpretation of any dream.

The unconscious wants to flow into consciousness in order to reach the light, but at the same time it continually thwarts itself, because it would rather remain unconscious. That is to say, God wants to become man, but not quite.

The longing for light is the longing for consciousness.

I've realized that somebody who's tired and needs a rest, and goes on working all the same is a fool.