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

Enlightenment doesnt occur from sitting around visualizing images of light, but from integrating the darker aspects of the Self into the conscious personality.

A mandala is the psychological expression of the totality of the self.

Conflicts create the fire of affects and emotions; and like every fire it has two aspects: that of burning and that of giving light.

Commendation heals; condemnation destroys.

We live in a world which in some respects is mysterious; things can be experienced which remain inexplicable; not everything which happens can be anticipated. The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole. For me the world has from the beginning been infinite and ungraspable.

By a symbol I do not mean an allegory or a sign, but an image that describes in the best possible way the dimly discerned nature of the spirit. A symbol does not define or explain; it points beyond itself to a meaning that is darkly divined yet still beyond our grasp, and cannot be adequately expressed in the familiar words of our language.