"The self is not only the center but also the whole circumference which embraces both conscious and unconscious; it is the center of this totality, just as the ego is the center of consciousness."

"The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it."

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

"One day, when I was about eleven, I was sitting in the garden, waiting for my mother, and I had a vision. The world suddenly became transparent. I saw into the depths of things. The trees, the houses,…"

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."