Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.

The little world of childhood with its familiar surroundings is a model of the greater world. The more intensively the family has stamped its character upon the child, the more it will tend to feel and see its earlier miniature world again in the bigger world of adult life. Naturally this is not a conscious, intellectual process.

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

To become acquainted with oneself is a terrible shock.

Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were once at home by right of birth.

The true leader is always led.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.