Mircea Mustățea

“The idealism of youth, which drives on so hard, is bound to lead to over-confidence: The human ego can be exalted to experience godlike attributes, but only at the cost of over-reaching itself and falling to disaster. [...] All the same, the youthful ego must always run this risk, for if a young man does not strive for a higher goal than he can safely reach, he cannot surmount the obstacles between adolescence and maturity.”
― Joseph L. Henderson

“The hero, on the contrary, must realize that the shadow exists and that he can draw strength from it.”
― Joseph L. Henderson

“Many existential philosophers try to describe this state, but they go only as far as stripping off the illusions of consciousness: They go right up to the door of the unconscious and the fail to open it.”
― M.-L. von Franz

“There is only one thing that seems to work; and that is to turn directly toward the approaching darkness without prejudice and totally naively, and to try to find out what its secret aim is and what it wants from you.”
― M.-L. von Franz, Man and His Symbols