Water is the commonest symbol for the unconscious.

Man can try to name love, showering upon it all the names at his command, and still he will involve himself in endless self deceptions. If he possesses a grain of wisdom he will lay down his arms and name the unknown by the more unknown - ignotum per ignotius - that is by the name of God.

To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is.

Whenever we touch nature we get clean. People who have got dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods, or a bath in the sea. Entering the unconscious, entering yourself through dreams, is touching nature from the inside and this is the same thing, things are put right again.

The right way to wholeness is made up of fateful detours and wrong turnings.

You can exert no influence if you are not susceptible to influence.

Intuition is perception via the unconscious that brings forth ideas, images, new possibilities and ways out of blocked situations.