The more uncertain I have felt about myself, the more there has grown up in me a feeling of kinship with all things.

The self as the essence of individuality is unitemporal and unique; as an archetypal symbol it is a God-image and therefore universal and eternal.

All the most powerful ideas in history go back to archetypes.

If I accept the fact that a god is absolute and beyond all human experiences, he leaves me cold. I do not affect him, nor does he affect me. But if I know that a god is a powerful impulse in my soul, at once I must concern myself with him, for then he can become important

What did you do as a child that made that hours pass like minutes? [Herein lies the key to your earthy pursuits.]

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

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