Man cannot stand a meaningless life.

To this day God is the name by which I designate all things which cross my willful path violently and recklessly, all things which upset my subjective views, plans and intentions and change the course of my life for better or worse.

Not only does the psyche exist, but it is existence itself. It is an almost absurd prejudice to suppose that existence can only be physical...We might well say, on the contrary, that physical existence is a mere inference, since we know of matter only in so far as we perceive psychic images mediated by the senses.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

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

We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions.

For the alchemist the one primarily in need of redemption is not man, but the deity who is lost and sleeping in matter.