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

Insight that dawns slowly seems to me to have more lasting effects than a fitful idealism, which is unlikely to hold out for long.

The angel personifies something new arising from the deep unconscious.

I would rather be whole than good.

One of the main functions of formalized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God.

Complexes are psychic contents which are outside the control of the conscious mind. They have been split off from consciousness and lead a separate existence in the unconscious, being at all times ready to hinder or to reinforce the conscious intentions.

We know that the wildest and most moving dramas are played not in the theatre but in the hearts of ordinary men and women.