The most dangerous things in the world are immense accumulations of human beings who are manipulated by only a few heads.

The mandala is an archetypal image whose occurrence is attested throughout the ages. It signifies the wholeness of the self. This circular image represents the wholeness of the psychic ground or, to put it in mythic terms, the divinity incarnate in man.

The educated man tries to repress the inferior one in himself, without realizing that by this he forces the latter to become revolutionary.

Shame is a soul eating emotion.

Projection [of our own shadow] makes the whole world a replica of our own unknown face.

The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.