The Self then functions as a union of opposites and thus constitutes the most immediate experience of the Divine which it is psychologically possible to imagine

The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

All art intuitively apprehends coming changes in the collective unconsciousness.

We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology.

If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.

An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough.