Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence.
Carl JungI know that previously I would not have dared to express myself so explicitly about so uncertain a matter. I can take this risk because I am now in my eighth decade, and the changing opinions of men scarcely impress me any more; the thoughts of the old masters are of greater value to me than the philosophical prejudices of the Western mind.
Carl JungAll the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.
Carl JungScience is not ... a perfect instrument, but it is a superb and invaluable tool that works harm only when taken as an end in itself.
Carl JungThe dynamic principle of fantasy is play, a characteristic also of the child, and as such it appears inconsistent with the principle of serious work. But without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. It is therefore short-sighted to treat fantasy, on account of its risky or unacceptable nature, as a thing of little worth.
Carl Jung