We cannot change anything unless we accept it.

The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others.

Shame is a soul eating emotion.

The spirit is the life of the body seen from within, and the body the outward manifestation of the life of the spirit-the two being really one.

For better to come, good must stand aside.

No one should deny the danger of the descent, but it can be risked. No one need risk it, but it is certain that someone will. And let those who go down the sunset way do so with open eyes, for it is a sacrifice which daunts even the gods. Yet every descent is followed by an ascent.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

The capacity for inner dialogue is a touchstone for outer objectivity.